Kim A. Williams, Sr., M.D., chief of cardiology at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago and former president of...
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No. 4 on this month's list is an article about what will be required as of Jan. 1, 2018 to be reimbursed by CMS for cardiac CT, MRI or nuclear imaging. Medicare will require documentation that appropriate use criteria (AUC) clinical decision support (CDS) was used to verify the more expensive tests are appropriate over less expensive testing options.
Feature | May 02, 2017 | Dave Fornell
May 2, 2017 — Here is the list of the top 20 most popular pieces of content on the Diagnostic and Interventional...
RFID tagged cath lab inventory being scanned in for use in a procedure at Nebraska Medicine's Bellevue Hospital. Automated systems like this can help eliminate or reduce the need for manual counts and enable more easily accessible analytics for better business management.
Feature | Inventory Management | April 28, 2017 | Dave Fornell
Tracking cardiovascular device inventory in cath labs, electrophysiology (EP) labs and operating rooms (ORs) can be...
Physicians will need to use a CMS-certified appropriate use criteria (AUC) clinical decision support software that documents the appropriateness of an imaging order to receive full reimbursement for Medicare patients starting Jan. 1, 2018.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | April 18, 2017 | Dave Fornell
As part of U.S. healthcare reform efforts, starting Jan. 1, 2018, physicians will be required to document they are...
Sponsored Content | Videos | Analytics Software | April 13, 2017
The shift to value-based payment models requires focused attention on quality and cost. Lumedx’s Cardiovascular...
News | Cardiovascular Business | March 24, 2017 | Jeff Zagoudis
March 24, 2017 — Facing the reality of not having enough votes to secure its passage, House leadership withdrew the...
Videos | Analytics Software | March 15, 2017
Pam Rush, RN, MS, clinical program director, cardiovascular service line, and Craig Strauss, M.D., MPH, medical...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | March 14, 2017
March 14, 2017 — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic stenosis continues to evolve with the...
News | Cardiac Imaging | March 13, 2017
March 13, 2017 — A new research study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute assesses relationships between...
News | Pacemakers | March 10, 2017
March, 10, 2017 - Medtronic announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved...
A view through a HoloLens augmented reality visor showing an overlaid brain image co-registered with a live patient on a table at HIMSS 2017.
Blog | HIMSS | March 10, 2017
Information technology (IT) is among the least sexy areas to cover in medical technology advances, and is often...
Videos | HIMSS | March 10, 2017
ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new technology that was displayed on the expo...
News | Cardiac Imaging | March 09, 2017
March 9, 2017 — To ensure imaging systems are operating safely and at optimum performance with appropriate and...
