A New Era for Cardiovascular Imaging? Implications of the Revoked National Coverage Decision for CT Angiography on Future Imaging Reimbursement

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-403

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Budoff, Matthew ^b   Tunis, Sean ^c   Woodard, Pamela K ^d   Honigberg, Robert ^e   Justman, Richard A ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43649100009     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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