Sep 24, 2015
Medicare covers imaging services that are performed or supervised by a physician who is certified or eligible to be certified by the American Board of Radiology or for whom radiology services account for at least 50 percent of the total amount of charges made under...
Sep 7, 2015
Summary of Policies in the Calendar Year (CY) 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 provides for a zero percent update from the CY 2014 rates for services furnished between...
Aug 24, 2015
Specifically, the article summarizes the study’s objectives which were: 1) To determine the extent Medicare allowed claims for interpretation and reports of diagnostic radiology services focusing on Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and...
Aug 14, 2015
Services Furnished in Hospitals to Inpatients Imaging services provided under arrangement are billed under Part A to Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and A/B MACs, using revenue codes. Payment for physician’s imaging services to the hospital, for example,...
Aug 5, 2015
1. There must be an order by the individual’s physician or qualified nonphysician practitioner treating the patient following an evaluation of the need for a measurement, including a determination as to the medically appropriate measurement to be used for the...
Aug 4, 2015
Coverage Indications, Limitations, and/or Medical Necessity Indications CT colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, utilizes helical computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis to visualize the colon lumen, along with 2D or 3D reconstruction. The test...
Jul 28, 2015
Coverage Indications, Limitations, and/or Medical Necessity Indications CT colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, utilizes helical computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis to visualize the colon lumen, along with 2D or 3D reconstruction. The test...