Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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CMS quality initiative will overburden practices ‘still reeling’ from COVID-19, ACR and others warn

Physicians are urging the agency to ease reporting requirements and data collection, according to a letter shared recently.

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CMS should consider cutting pay for low-value imaging to curb misuse, RAND Corp. says

The recommendation stems from an analysis of Medicare waste in radiology and other specialties, published in JAMA Network Open. 

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ACR worries value-based initiatives are ignoring radiologists’ care coordination skills

A federal contractor is working to gather input on the possible development of new measures under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. 

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State seeks to punish interventional radiologist who operated on wrong patient

Health officials want to impose penalties against the doc after he allegedly placed an IVC filter in a patient who didn't need one. 

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CT-equipped, teleradiology-backed mobile stroke units bolster outcomes over traditional ambulances

That's according to a new prospective, nonrandomized, controlled intervention study, published in JAMA. 

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Pay-for-performance initiative markedly improves radiologists’ quality and safety successes

Brigham and Women’s saw a nearly 21% drop in the time between completing an imaging scan and a radiologist signing off on the final report, among other gains. 

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Patient safety watchdog Leapfrog Group launches national initiative targeting diagnostic errors

The effort is fueled by a $1.2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, with participation from big names including Johns Hopkins University. 

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Standardizing evaluation after liver cancer treatment could save US healthcare more than $575M per year

Currently, no unified guidelines exist for assessing tumor response in HCC patients, which can lead to excess costs from redundant imaging and ineffective therapies. 

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Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.