Audio Conferences

  March 9, 2006 at 02:00PM ET

Quality Standards for Advanced Imaging

BREAKING NEWS—Congress cuts Medicare Reimbursement for Diagnostic Imaging Services. To find out how the cuts will affect your business and what role you can play in influencing possible policy changes.

Federal and private insurers have identified skyrocketing medical imaging utilization as a major driver of rising healthcare costs. As a result, both private payers and the federal government have begun taking steps to rein in utilization and cut costs. While a number of payers are now requiring imaging providers to meet certain standards, as well as pre-authorization of services, Congress has decided to take another approach – cutting Medicare reimbursement for diagnostic imaging services, beginning in 2007.

Join us during this 90-minute national audio conference to find out more about the reimbursement cuts, what the imaging industry is doing about them, where quality standards fit into the equation, and what you can do to effect change.

By participating in this program, you’ll:

• Understand changes to Medicare reimbursement for diagnostic imaging services contained in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which was signed into law February 8
• Find out what impact these changes could have on your business
• Learn how you can make your voice heard in Washington
• Hear about cost-containment initiatives used by many large private insurers and what impact they have had on utilization of services
• Find out what the probability is that Congress will mandate similar changes for imaging services provided to Medicare beneficiaries

SPEAKERS:

Cherrill Farnsworth, President and Chief Executive Officer

HealthHelp

Don Lavanty, President

JT Rutherford & Associates, and consultant to the American College of Radiology

HOST & MODERATOR:

Kimberly Scott, Managing Editor

G-2 Compliance Report and Diagnostic Imaging Intelligence Report