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cardiac imaging
Includes:
- echocardiography
- cardiac computed tomography
- cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiac scintigraphy
Notes:
- as part of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, & cardiac scintigraphy will require documentation of appropriate use prior to payment
- radiologist must document the referring physician has done so
- documentation will be through a computer-based clinical decision-support mechanism
Specific
cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR imaging)
cardiac scintigraphy (cardiac radionuclide imaging)
CT of heart
echocardiography
General
radiology
References
- Elia J, Fairchild DG
Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Imaging Poised to Hit
Wallets.
Physician's First Watch, Feb 28, 2017
David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief
Massachusetts Medical Society
http://www.jwatch.org
- Doukky R, Diemer G, Medina A et al
Promoting Appropriate Use of Cardiac Imaging: No Longer an
Academic Exercise.
Ann Intern Med. 2017. Feb 28.
PMID: 28241267
http://annals.org/aim/article/2606401/promoting-appropriate-use-cardiac-imaging-longer-academic-exercise