Both MITA and AdvaMed had been advocating for this new pathway expediting patient access to innovative imaging technologies and other medical devices.

Vertically integrating emergency imaging into the ED could create a more efficient and collaborative environment, but it won't be an easy task, one expert recently explained in JACR. 

The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act now moves on to President Trump, who has indicated his plans to veto the bill for non-healthcare reasons.

At their peak, virtual consults accounted for 22.8 mean weekly visits at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, physicians explained.

New Technology Add-On Payments (NTAP) are a class of reimbursement that are meant to help pay for new technology that is not included in the DRG bundled payment. Specifically, NTAP recognizes that current DRG payment rates can be a barrier to adopting new technology and represents an additional payment for hospital stays that use new technology determined by CMS to provide substantial clinical improvement and where the current DRG payment would be inadequate.

The 365-bed New York facility recently notified 14 of its 19 assistant technologists that their positions would be eliminated as of Jan. 1.

“Americans count on our country’s healthcare personnel to care for them, now healthcare personnel look to you to help protect them from COVID-19,” top imaging groups argued recently.

The new guidance is expected to increase the availability of breast imaging services during the pandemic, the administration said recently.