The Cardiac Imaging Specialist

The Cardiac Imaging Specialist

[...]Congress passed into law the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 in an effort to control this exponential growth by limiting the reimbursement for the technical component of imaging services provided in the office setting. Early this year, the COCATS 4 guidelines highlighted the fact that multi...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 66; no. 22; pp. 2563 - 2568
Main Authors: Gonzalez, Jorge A., MD, Balfour, Pelbreton C., MD, Shaw, Peter W., MD
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Elsevier Limited 08-12-2015
Subjects:
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Collaboration
Experts
Funding
Hospitals
Internal Medicine
Medical imaging
Medical research
Medicare
Preventive medicine
Studies
Tomography
Trends
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Summary:[...]Congress passed into law the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 in an effort to control this exponential growth by limiting the reimbursement for the technical component of imaging services provided in the office setting. Early this year, the COCATS 4 guidelines highlighted the fact that multimodality expert seekers will need further training beyond the traditional 3 years of general fellowship to achieve expertise in the different modalities (9). [...]training opportunities in advanced cardiovascular imaging should be promoted, and those programs supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should continue to be funded.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.010