CMS defends pay model for radiology services

Medicare has denied 53% or $16 million worth of radiology artificial intelligence claims since 2018, new research shows. ACR - American College of Radiology UT Southwestern Medical Center

Bipartisan members of Congress are proposing tapping foreign-born physicians to help relieve workforce shortages across radiology and other specialties. https://lnkd.in/g_FtFnk5

Members of Congress propose tapping foreign-born physicians to relieve radiology workforce shortages. American Medical Association American Academy of Neurology American College of Physicians Society of Hospital Medicine

American College of Radiology forms task force to explore corporatization and consolidation in radiology. Read more in Radiology Business https://hubs.li/Q03C-L990

Radiology department adopts new incidental findings approach that’s closing cases at a 99% clip. ACR - American College of Radiology Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

8 key considerations when weighing whether to expand a radiology department's footprint. Association of Academic Radiology Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine IU Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences/

Nearly 80% of requests for emergency head CT are inadequate, new single-center study finds. European Society of Radiology ACR - American College of Radiology

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Stanford Health Care worked with Anthropic to create an AI tool that helps primary care physicians A) properly interpret reports from radiologists and pathologists, and B) explain the findings of these reports (in layman's terms) to their patients. At first blush, this seems great, but now I have a few questions rolling around in my head... #healthcare #radiology #medicalimaging #pathology #ai #genai #generativeai #llm https://lnkd.in/g8m4KY_y

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) urged CMS to make Medicare payment rules fairer and clearer for radiology. RBMA opposed a new 2.5% cut and other changes that would reduce reimbursement and limit access to care, especially for independent and rural practices. RBMA also supported keeping virtual “direct supervision” (via video) for contrast studies, improving the data CMS uses to set costs, creating better quality-reporting paths for diagnostic and interventional radiology, and aligning Medicare Advantage payments with traditional Medicare. Read the letter here - https://lnkd.in/enxT9ebZ