Medicare wants to limit the technical component for the exam to the HOPPS rate, which would represent an 81% reduction to the MPFS amount of $459.92. 

“Congress must act before the end of 2024 to provide clinicians with the financial stability needed to ensure beneficiaries continue to have access to high-quality care,” the groups wrote. 

Kees Wesdorp, PhD, will be based in the Netherlands, collecting an annual base salary of $705,000 and an incentive bonus equal to that amount. 

Michigan Hospital Association Executive Vice President Laura Appel said institutions are prioritizing exams related to medical emergencies. 

The American Telemedicine Association, an industry lobby representing companies and providers, fears a crackdown from the DEA would harm patients who rely on virtual care to get vital treatments. 

The nudes were taken along with medical records during a February 2023 hack by BlackCat, a notorious ransomware syndicate.

Such tools can be especially beneficial for trainees working late-night shifts, when quality feedback is generally delayed and more difficult to come by.

The cloud-based platform identifies and measures cardiac structures in CT scans.

SPECT is still the most common modality used to evaluate CAD patients, but cardiac PET is gaining more and more momentum.

Researchers are hopeful that uptake of the molecular SPECT imaging agent will help providers more ably monitor disease progression.