Dear Congress: Proposed 2023 MPFS ‘threatens access to life-saving procedures and continued operation of essential medical services’

CMS proposed medicare physician fee schedule for 2023 radiology.
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Eight imaging associations concerned about radiology’s fiscal fate at the hands of CMS’s proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 are imploring Congress to intervene.

VIDEO: New Technologies in Cardiac CT Imaging

Fat attenuation index (FAI) CT imaging of coronary artery fat can show inflammation and can help pin-point vulnerable plaques, or show the reversal of inflammation due to drug therapies. The technology is being developed by the vendor Caristo, which has European CE mark and the company is seeking FDA clearance. #SCCT #SCCT2022

Fat attenuation index (FAI) CT imaging of the fat surrounding coronary arteries can show inflammation in the vessel wall and help pin-point vulnerable plaques. This also can show the reversal of inflammation due to drug therapies. The technology is being developed by the vendor Caristo, which has European CE mark and the company is seeking FDA clearance.

Ron Blankstein, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, explains recent advances in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) technology.