The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an update to its ACR Appropriateness Criteria, which includes 223 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics with more than 1,060 clinical variants covering 3,000 clinical scenarios.
A new Quick Safety advisory from The Joint Commission provides safety actions and resources to help healthcare organizations prepare for and repel a cybersecurity event.
Jan. 1, 2020, is the first day referring physicians were required to consult appropriate use criteria for advanced imaging services that are delivered in outpatient settings under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA), which became law in April 2014.
An institution’s best defense against accusations of fraud is a compliance program.
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