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September 2006 (Volume 3, Issue 9)	view entire issue

Keeping beat with cardiac imaging
There's no denying that cardiac imaging is the next big development in healthcare. "Radiology is one of those fields [in which], when something new comes out, everyone has to have it. [Most] consumers are well aware of the improvements in cardiac imaging technology. They want the latest noninvasive scan," says Stacy Gregory, RCC, CPC, president of Gregory Medical Consulting Services in Tacoma, WA. That's why Medicare and other payers watch reimbursement for cardiac imaging procedures so closely, she says.

Special certs for special talents
Everything is digital these days-x-rays, ultrasounds, and even your grandmother's recipes. Managing the electronic information flow associated with Italian wedding soup may not require specialty knowledge, but moving billions of bytes of imaging data from radiologists to physicians and patients and back again requires a certain kind of intellectual fortitude. That's why hiring a Picture Arch-iving and Communication System (PACS) administrator can be such tricky business.

Other recently-published articles from Radiology Administrator's Compliance and Reimbursement Insider:

Tips to obtain payment, despite plan denials

CMS issues test order signature clarification

Address test order protocol in hospital setting

ICD-10 execution date proposed: October 1, 2011

2009 MPFS offers imaging implications

MIPPA mandates imaging accreditation for all providers

Technologists play a major role in the revenue cycle

Common elements found in CIAs

Self-disclosure protocol clarified

Eight tips to improve MRI throughput

IDTFs get Claims Processing Manual chapter of their own

Medicare preserves local coverage determination for CCTA

Settlement reveals lessons for radiologists

Don’t let chart errors lead to further medical mistakes

Target safety issues to ensure older workers’ well-being

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