DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the hospital setting, CMS increased payment for the FFRCT service by ~7% for 2024. The new code can be used for hospital outpatient, physician offices, or imaging centers. As part of converting to a Category I code, relative value units (RVUs) have been assigned to FFRCT, which provides payment to physicians for the service.

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American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily reassigned coronary CT angiography (CCTA) codes 75572-75574 from ambulatory payment classification (APC) 5571 to APC 5572 in the 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule. in 2024 to $357.13 in 2025.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) final rule on Nov. The rule will implement a 2.9% increase to OPPS payment rates that reflects a market basket update of 3.4% reduced by a productivity adjustment of 0.5%.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

This initiative, led by Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), aimed to refine the post-discharge process to enhance care quality and reduce missed follow-ups.Methods:We introduced a streamlined follow-up process for stroke patients discharged home, adhering to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) Transitional Care Management (TCM) model.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

This initiative aimed to enhance the post-discharge process to improve care quality and reduce missed follow-ups.Methods:We implemented a streamlined follow-up process for stroke patients discharged home, aligning with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) definition of the Transitional Care Management (TCM).

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CMS Stroke Strokes Reimbursement 40

DAIC

MARCH 7, 2024

It reported the rate of CCTA exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased markedly from 2010 to 2019. Over that period, the rates of CCTA by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased by 355%, according to findings of Russell A. Reeves, MD, Ethan J. Halpern, MD, and Vijay M.

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CardiacWire

JANUARY 17, 2024

The transition to outpatient and value-based care suggests that more of that money could flow to practices with the right strategies and capabilities. Practices with Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are becoming particularly attractive, as CMS added 23 ASC cardiac catheterization and PCI codes in just the last two years.

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DAIC

MARCH 3, 2025

GE HealthCare will mark the commercial launch of Flyrcado at the annual American College of Cardiology congress in Chicago from March 29-31, 2025, and expects to receive pass-through status from the US Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) shortly thereafter, enabling separate reimbursement for Flyrcado in the hospital outpatient setting.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Study Population includes all patients with an ischemic stroke inpatient admission in 2018 and were continuously enrolled with Medicare FFS for 1 year prior to and following their initial 2018 stroke admission.

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CardiacWire

DECEMBER 10, 2023

with HFpEF) That last part is notable from an echo AI adoption perspective, given that CMS recently approved an outpatient reimbursement code for AI-based HFpEF detection ($285 per use) It could also prove to be notable for Us2.ai, The post Us2.ai’s ai’s Echo Strain Validation appeared first on Cardiac Wire.

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