Revenue & Reimbursement

Healthcare reimbursement is payment that a hospital, diagnostic imaging facility, subspecialty department or healthcare providers receive for performing a service. This also includes individual radiologist or cardiologist reimbursement and billing and coding rules for submitting claims.

Medicare money payment

Nearing a ‘breaking point’: Cardiologists support legislation designed to mitigate Medicare cuts to office-based services

These latest cuts could be a "breaking point" for physicians, according to a new letter to lawmakers. 

June 2, 2023
Sam Jones, MD, explains why CMS reduced payments for EP ablation and how it will negatively impact electrophysiology. #HRS #HRS2023 #EPeeps #EPlab #Medicare

Making sense of the huge Medicare reimbursement cuts in electrophysiology

Samuel Jones, MD, examines the large reimbursement reductions in cardiac ablations and what the impact might be on access to care in EP labs.

May 31, 2023
Telehealth

Conifer, Welldoc partner in digital health app

Conifer Health Solutions, a revenue cycle and value-based care solution provider, has teamed up with Welldoc to launch a new digital health app, Conifer Connect.

April 26, 2023

Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons support new bill that could limit Medicare cuts

More than 100 U.S. medical societies—including the ACC, ASNC and others—have united in support of a new bill that would make a long-term impact on Medicare payments.

April 24, 2023
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is asking its interventional cardiologist members to take action to prevent further cuts in Medicare payments in 2024 by contacting their Congressmen. There were substantial cuts in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) payments to physicians in 2023 further cuts each year can only be prevented if Congress changes the laws for how CMS pays physicians.

SCAI blasts Medicare payment cuts to cardiology, asks members to take action

The group hopes its members can increase congressional support of a new bill introduced in the House. 

April 12, 2023
Top 1% of physicians account for 17.5% of Medicare pie

Private-payer billings not radiology’s revenue category to lead

Going by claims submitted to commercial insurers, radiology ranks 15th out of 18 physician specialties. 

April 3, 2023
ACC Vice President Cathie Biga discusses OBLs and ASCs during the ACC23 meeting. #ACC #OBLs #ASCs #ACC23

What the rise of outpatient cardiac OBLs and ASCs means for cardiology

To reduce the healthcare costs associated with straightforward, minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures, more and more ambulatory surgical centers and office based labs are opening all over the United States.

March 22, 2023
ACC Vice President Cathie Biga explains issues with cardiology reimbursements at ACC23. #ACC #ACC23

Reimbursement challenges raising concerns in cardiology

Cathie Biga, vice president of the American College of Cardiology, spoke to Cardiovascular Business at ACC.23 about challenges in the world of cardiology reimbursements. "As that healthcare dollar goes up, it is not going to the physicians," she said.

March 21, 2023