HPC Corner: Opinion: Limiting Treatment of Patients with Painful Vertebral...
By: Douglas P. Beall, M.D. Director, Interventional Spine Division and Chief of Services, Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma Since a conference call with a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) on March...
View ArticleHPC Corner: The Quadruple Aim: Radiologists and Physicians in the Center
By: Raymond K. Tu MD, MS, FACR The “Quadruple Aim” has recently gained attention as health care stakeholders have identified growing challenges to physician experience and burnout. Physician suicide is...
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HPC Corner: COVID Specific CPT Codes Released
By: Colin Segovis, MD, PhD, MRMD (MRSC) The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to us and our patients. The AMA has recently released a set of COVID-19 specific codes designed to reflect...
View ArticleHPC Corner: AMA-YPS/RFS Delegate Report
By: Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS I appreciate the opportunity to represent the ASNR at this year’s virtual AMA special meeting of the HOD as our YPS-RFS Delegate. The main theme of this year’s conference...
View ArticleHPC Corner: Radiology and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
By: Ryan K. Lee, MD, MBA As you undoubtedly know by now, the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule brought about reimbursement changes particularly significant for radiologists, and not in a good way....
View ArticleA Novel Resource to Facilitate New Medical Imaging Discoveries Related to the...
By: Adam E. Flanders, MD The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a rapid response by instituting a number of monumental and unprecedented medical initiatives to better understand disease manifestations,...
View ArticleHPC Corner: Head and Neck Ablation
By Thomas C. Lee, MD As recently as a decade ago, insurance companies often required a peer-to-peer discussion for approval of head and neck ablations. Though these discussions usually led to approval,...
View ArticleHPC Corner: Advocating for Advocacy
By: Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA Advocacy! This is a word that might scare some, but is truly an honor which we get to have. Advocacy is a way to act as a voice for patients and our colleagues. For it is...
View ArticleHPC Corner: What’s the Latest with Clinical Decision Support?
Ryan K. Lee, MD, MBA It has been quite some time since clinical decision support for radiology was mandated by CMS. In 2014, the Protecting Access of Medicare Act (PAMA) required the use of appropriate...
View ArticleMEDCAC Panel-Cerebrovascular Disease Treatment
By: James Milburn MD, FACR Vice Chair of Radiology, Academic Affairs Radiology Residency Program Director Director of Neurointerventional Services Ochsner Health System ASNR participated virtually in...
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