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ACR Economics Update: Radiology Payment and Reimbursement

ACR Economics Update: Radiology Payment and Reimbursement. Speaker Name Title. What’s Happening in Reimbursement?. Optional: Embed video clip of Dr. Geraldine McGinty here. What’s Happening in Reimbursement?. The CMS and HHS agenda: Drive reimbursement to primary care

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ACR Economics Update: Radiology Payment and Reimbursement

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  1. ACR Economics Update:Radiology Payment and Reimbursement Speaker Name Title

  2. What’s Happening in Reimbursement? Optional: Embed video clip of Dr. Geraldine McGinty here

  3. What’s Happening in Reimbursement? • The CMS and HHS agenda: • Drive reimbursement to primary care • Reduce unit reimbursement for imaging to manage utilization • Reduce overall spending • Respond to “outside” pressure (e.g., MedPAC)

  4. ACR Coding and Nomenclature Committee • Works with CPT Editorial Panel to optimize payment and reimbursement for radiologists under Fee-for-Service. • The CPT Editorial Panel operates under the auspices of the AMA. • 11 physician representatives • One representative from various industry groups • Radiology is NOT guaranteed a seat at the table.

  5. CPT Editorial Panel • 2014 cycle (completed in February 2013) • New Cat I codes – 27 • Deleted codes – 23 • Revised codes – 2 • New Cat III codes – 4 • Cat III code extensions – 1 • 26 new codes resulted from the mandate to bundle.

  6. Unrelenting Pressure to Bundle • The vast majority of our committee work is due to the mandate to bundle component codes. • The ACR has fought long and hard against these bundling mandates. But bundling is today’s reality. • We must stay engaged to protect the best interests of the radiology community.

  7. Relative Value Update Committee • CMS is focused on identifying “potentially mis-valued” services. • Numerous radiology codes have been targeted for bundling. • Result = sharp reductions in payments.

  8. R U C RelativeValue Scale Update Committee American Medical Association Specialty Society R B R V S Resource Based Relative Value Scale

  9. Total RVU + Work RVU (PC) Practice Expense RVU (TC)

  10. ACR RUC CMS Refine-ment Panel CMS FINAL

  11. Making RUC Recommendations • ACR works with specialty societies to prepare and submit work and PE recommendations. • Values approved at the RUC are not final. • CMS reviews and refines recommendations and publishes the final rule.

  12. 130+

  13. Well-Know Payment Reductions + Work RVU (PC) Practice Expense RVU (TC)

  14. PPIS – phased in

  15. The Future PACS Valuation RVU Validation Project SGR Fix (Merge A/B) Site Neutral Discussion IPAB

  16. Alternatives to Fee-for-Service • ACR will continue to defend the fee-for-service (FFS) payment system • ACR will ensure radiology and radiologists are prepared for the future

  17. Tools for Radiologists • Contract evaluation tool • Working on update to reflect payment reform initiatives • Capitation handbook • Developed by Managed Care Committee and RBMA Payer Relations Committee • Imaging 3.0 tools • Presentations, resources, case studies • Best practices guidelines on imaging clinical decision support systems • Guidance for regulators, payers, vendors, referring physicians, and radiology providers about CDS systems

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