With the recent adjustment, the conversion factor is now 1.77% lower than it was in 2023, at $33.2875, consulting firm Healthcare Administrative Partners notes.
UHC has labeled an IR service docs have been delivering for 9 years as “unproven and not medically necessary due to insufficient evidence of efficacy."
"Recruiters have their hands full,” Sarah Thomas, MD, with the Department of Radiology at Duke University Medical School, and colleagues wrote recently.
The Chicago-headquartered medical technology company is teaming with a subsidiary of Sinopharm, China’s state-owned drugmaker, around CT and ultrasound.
Even a small number of early terminations can be costly, in addition to creating negative experiences for patients, experts wrote in the European Journal of Radiology.