Imaging at the 2014 ACC legislative conference: A debrief

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 118-120

  Soman, Prem ^a   Kelly, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PURCHASING; REIMBURSEMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOLOGY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922531600     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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