CMS may double Medicare payments for cardiac CT

Cardiac CT scan for a pre-procedural assessment of a left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) procedure at Duly Healthcare in the Chicago suburbs. Cardiac CT use has increased the past few years and now CMS is looking to double what it pays for them in the 2025 HOPPS proposed rule. Photo by Dave Fornell

Cardiac CT scan for a pre-procedural assessment of a left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) procedure at Duly Healthcare in the Chicago suburbs. Cardiac CT use has increased the past few years and now CMS is looking to double what it pays for them in the 2025 HOPPS proposed rule. Photo by Dave Fornell

The agency is gathering feedback on a proposal to double the amount hospitals are paid for coronary computed tomography angiography, with the comment period ending Sept. 9.