Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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CMS moves to ease burden, burnout stemming from onerous prior authorization policies

Practice leaders criticized the proposal for failing to include Medicare Advantage plans. 

December 11, 2020
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Decreased imaging use among perks of CMS’ at-home inpatient care expansion, hospitals say

The feds are granting providers “unprecedented regulatory flexibilities” to treat more than 60 different acute conditions in a home-based setting.  

December 1, 2020
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Providers blunt skyrocketing use of CT for pulmonary embolism, but numbers still climbing

CTPA delivery leapt 450% between 2004 and 2016, but efforts from Choosing Wisely and others may have made a dent, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open. 

November 20, 2020

Radiologist trainees prevail in 69% of rare malpractice cases brought against them

Radiology litigation most frequently involved alleged misdiagnoses or procedural complications, Emory University experts wrote in JACR. 

November 16, 2020
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Physicians push Congress to delay imaging Appropriate Use Criteria Program indefinitely

Dozens of medical societies signed the request, addressed to the leaders of three key congressional committees. 

November 11, 2020
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Paltry low-dose CT lung cancer screening numbers signal need for population health strategy shift

Cancer experts from China detailed some of their possible fixes in a recently published JAMA Network Open study. 

November 3, 2020
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USPSTF recommends lowering age for CT colonography screenings, drawing ‘strong’ support from ACR

The Preventative Services Task Force wants to cut the starting age for CTC and other methods by five years, and increase efforts to reach minority populations. 

October 29, 2020
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Cigna signs multi-year deal with Envision Healthcare to keep its 300 radiologists in-network

The Nashville-based imaging provider said the pact ensures that commercial and exchange plan members will have uninterrupted access to its services. 

October 22, 2020
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Cardiology, radiology groups urge insurance provider to rethink imaging policy

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

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The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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