Why Support for H.R. 2474 Is Important to Your Radiology Practice
The Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 2474) would modify the way the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) is calculated and adjusted each year. The basic system of determining Relative Value Units (RVU) would not cha...
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Medicare Proposed Rule for 2024 Will Not Improve Radiology Reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rules for 2024, including provisions for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). While not a done deal until the final rule is issued ...
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How Can Radiology Networking Improve Your Practice?
A large metropolitan-area radiology group covers several departments within a hospital system. They have on-site staff daily at each location to handle all modalities, including sub-specialists to be sure pediatric, neuro, and body imaging are ...
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The Medicare Final Rule Confirms Big Payment Reduction for 2023
When the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) was proposed in early 2022, it projected a 4.42% cut to the conversion factor (CF), with radiology facing cuts between 3-4% depending on subspecialty. The final rule moves the cut even deeper, with...
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Expanded Authorization for Non-Physician Providers
The opportunities for non-physician providers (NPP) in radiology practices continue to expand. Recently, the American College of Radiology (ACR) revised its CT and MRI facility accreditation criteria to allow NPPs to be able to directly supervise con...
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Last Minute Congressional Action Reduces Medicare Fee Cuts For 2023
In response to concern expressed across the spectrum of physicians and their representative organizations, the omnibus spending bill, titled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA23), passed by Congress on December 23, rolled back a Medicare ...
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Regulatory Update: Radiology Faces Revenue Cuts in 2023
Once again this year, physicians are uncertain about the amount of reimbursement reduction they will suffer from Medicare cuts. If things are left unchanged, Medicare providers will face a reduction of approximately 8.5% across the board, without con...
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The No Surprises Act Final Rule Changes the IDR Process
The Final Rule related to the No Surprises Act (NSA), issued August 26, 2022, clarifies and modifies the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process but makes no changes to the patient protections and other provider obligations of the NSA, such as n...
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What's In Store for Radiology In The 2023 Medicare Proposed Rule?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) press release announcing the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule for 2023 highlights expanded access to behavioral health services, Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), cancer scr...
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How Can Radiology Networking Improve Your Practice?
A large metropolitan-area radiology group covers several departments within a hospital system. They have on-site staff daily at each location to handle all modalities, including sub-specialists to be sure pediatric, neuro, and body imaging are handle...
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