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Mashup Score: 4Action Alerts - American College of Cardiology - 4 month(s) ago
With your help, ACC Advocacy actively works with Congress, state legislators, and other key decision makers to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health. However, we need everyone’s voice at the table to make a difference for patients and health care professionals. The ACC offers a number of ways for its members to get involved in advocating for health policies that ensure continued patient access to quality, cost-effective care. Questions? Contact us at advocacyleg@acc.org.
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Mashup Score: 4Action Alerts - American College of Cardiology - 4 month(s) ago
With your help, ACC Advocacy actively works with Congress, state legislators, and other key decision makers to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health. However, we need everyone’s voice at the table to make a difference for patients and health care professionals. The ACC offers a number of ways for its members to get involved in advocating for health policies that ensure continued patient access to quality, cost-effective care. Questions? Contact us at advocacyleg@acc.org.
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Mashup Score: 4Action Alerts - American College of Cardiology - 4 month(s) ago
With your help, ACC Advocacy actively works with Congress, state legislators, and other key decision makers to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health. However, we need everyone’s voice at the table to make a difference for patients and health care professionals. The ACC offers a number of ways for its members to get involved in advocating for health policies that ensure continued patient access to quality, cost-effective care. Questions? Contact us at advocacyleg@acc.org.
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Mashup Score: 24CMS Pauses AUC Program For Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Rescinds Current Regulations - American College of Cardiology - 5 month(s) ago
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has paused the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) prog ram for advanced diagnostic imaging and rescinded any current regulations, according to the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. Originally created by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, the program intended for clinicians to first consult AUC before ordering advanced diagnostic imaging including computed tomography (CT), PET, nuclear medicine and MRI. AUC were defined by
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Mashup Score: 3Action Alerts - American College of Cardiology - 5 month(s) ago
With your help, ACC Advocacy actively works with Congress, state legislators, and other key decision makers to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health. However, we need everyone’s voice at the table to make a difference for patients and health care professionals. The ACC offers a number of ways for its members to get involved in advocating for health policies that ensure continued patient access to quality, cost-effective care. Questions? Contact us at advocacyleg@acc.org.
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Mashup Score: 0FDA Update: Agency Recalls Getinge CARDIOHELP Emergency Drive - American College of Cardiology - 5 month(s) ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Dec. 8 that Getinge is recalling the CARDIOHELP Emergency Drive due to an impaired or inability to turn the drive. According the FDA, “the emergency drive can become stuck or difficult to turn due to friction being generated in the handle attachment.” The device is used to help oxygenate and remove carbon dioxide from blood. The agency has identified this as a Class I recall, indicating it is the most serious type of recall where use of these
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Mashup Score: 4Coding Corner: Overview of 2024 Coding Changes Impacting Cardiology - American College of Cardiology - 5 month(s) ago
Cardiovascular clinicians will see a number of coding changes starting Jan. 1, 2024. The ACC Advocacy team has prepared the following overview outlining the 22 new CPT ® codes, new HCPCS codes, and the deletion of HCPCS code G2066 that are important to cardiovascular clinicians. Additionally, the 2024 CPT/HCPCS book, which contains new introductory language, parentheticals and additional information pertaining to these new codes, is an important resource. Phrenic Nerve Stimulator System Codes For Central
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Mashup Score: 3ACC 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Calculator Now Available - American College of Cardiology - 6 month(s) ago
Work, practice, expense and liability relative value units (RVUs) are updated annually through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rulemaking. In response to the recently released 2024 Medicare PFS final rule, the ACC has developed a new PFS Final Rule Calculator to allow clinicians and practice managers to estimate the potential impact of changes to practices. Of note, many services see impacts due to the reduced conversion factor adjustment required by
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Mashup Score: 4Overview of CV-Related Provisions From the 2024 OPPS Final Rule - American College of Cardiology - 6 month(s) ago
Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) Studies: CMS finalized the proposed ambulatory payment classifications (APC) for codes 78431 and 78433, which will result in a reduction in reimbursement for 78431 back to the 2022 rate and no change to 78433. In response to comments from the ACC, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and others, CMS amended its proposal for 78432, leaving the code in its current APC instead of moving it to an APC that would have reduced its reimbursement
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Mashup Score: 8Highlights From the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - American College of Cardiology - 6 month(s) ago
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 202 4 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule on Nov. 2. Of note, the 2024 PFS conversion factor is $32.7442, reduced 3.37% from $33.8872 in 2023. Overall reimbursement for cardiovascular services is projected to remain flat compared with 2023, with changes to policies and individual services roughly balancing out. Individuals and groups will see different impacts depending on patient populations and services offered. The confluence
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