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ASTRO and ACR Victory in Delaying CMS RO Model
The Centers of Medicare and Medicare Services has heard the pleas in the letter written and signed by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and The American College of Radiology regarding their bundled payment model. The model was set to start on Jan. 1; however, they asked for it to be delayed by six months…
Read MoreASTRO Asks Congress to Delay New CMS Model by Six Months for the Sake of Suffering Clinics
CMS recently unveiled a new payment model for radiation therapy for cancer patients that is set to launch Jan. 1 and expected to save Medicare $230 million over five years. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services first finalized the model on September 18, creating a bundle-payment system during a 90-day episode of care with…
Read MoreCMS Adds Barriers to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP Disbursements
No more “pay and chase.” On November 4, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin enforcing a recently issued final rule that empowers CMS to revoke or deny enrollment in provider programs for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP based on questionable business associations. There are no databases of questionable businesses. CMS will…
Read MoreTake Action Now: Medicare physician pay cuts are a no-go
This year healthcare providers are facing a grim reality – a 3.37 percent reduction to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Conversion Factor (CF). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed this cut in the 2024 Medicare PFS final rule, and it went into effect on January 1st, 2024. This has major implications…
Read MoreThe Future of Amyloid-fighting Drugs Alzheimer’s Disease and Radiology
In the next few years, expect amyloid-fighting drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease to be an emerging category of more commonly-used monoclonal antibodies. Researchers, led by Petrice Cogswell, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic, recommend that both neuroradiologists and general radiologists become familiar with the treatment-related side effects caused by amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIAs). The researchers’…
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