A Texas federal court ruled on February 6 in favor of the Texas Medical Association’s second legal challenge to the improper implementation of the No Surprises Act (NSA). This ruling does not impact the patient protection provisions of the NSA, which the American College of Radiology and other medical societies continue to support.
Health insurance companies may be overpaying for common radiology services, according to a study published in Radiology.
The number of non-physician providers submitting Medicare claims increased from 523 in 2017 to 608 in 2019, per a recent study.
In a motion for summary judgement filed on Wednesday, February 9, the American College of Radiology and other associations argued that the interim final rule created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services turned the balanced and fair reforms of Congress’ No Surprises Act upside down and transformed the act intended to protect patients and their physicians into a giveaway for private insurers.
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A study designed to determine how MRI can be used to help clinicians treat patients with brain hemorrhages is underway at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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On Tuesday, January 11, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it proposes to cover U.S. FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies directed against amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease under Coverage with Evidence Development in CMS-approved randomized controlled trials. Here is the SNMMI’s reaction.
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The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and peer medical groups have issued appropriate use criteria for prostate-specific membrane antigen PET imaging.
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The American College of Radiology (ACR), along with two other associations, has brought a lawsuit against the federal government charging that the interim final rule on surprise medical billing goes against the language of the “No Surprises Act” and will ultimately harm patients and access to care.
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