The article reports that the final rule listing proof of citizenship requirements for Medicaid eligibility was released in July 2007 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the U.S. The rule makes final a CMS policy change that will extend Medicaid benefits for up to the ...
Question 9: What Is the Role of Fluorodeoxyglucose PET in the Diagnosis and Management of IE? (Clinical Review) Numerous observational studies have evaluated the accuracy of 2-[18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (18-FDG)–PET/computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of NVE, PVE, and cardiac device–...
The bundling rules for CT scans are based on the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI), which is a set of coding policies developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NCCI includes a set of edits that identify pairs of codes that should not be billed together ...
A study highlighted significant discrepancies in Medicaid state formularies for rosacea, with only a few states offering unrestricted access to essential treatments. Lost in Modern Medicine: What Happened to the Hippocratic Oath? Medscape Medical News6 hours ago ...
This consensus statement creates a clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections that addresses the gap between the
Control of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes Guidelines (2020): 2020 guidelines on infection control and prevention of COVID-19 in nursing homes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) FDA Face Mask and Respirator Policy in COVID-19 (2020): 2020 guidelines on enforcement policy for...
Current Food and Drug Administra- tion (FDA)-approved and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-reimbursable PET myocar- dial blood flow tracers are limited to Rb-82 and N-13 ammonia. Normal myocardial perfusion on stress imaging implies absence of physiologically significant coronary ...
It is the fourth in a series of new AUC developed by the SNMMI in its role as a qualified provider-led entity (PLE) under criteria established by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The organization previously...
Similar treatment disparities are found with Hispanic patients and those who are covered by Medicaid or are uninsured. Derived from a nationally representative sample from the National Hospital Ambulatory Health Care Survey reflecting an estimated 78 million ED visits in the United States over a 10-...
The goal of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acute myocardial infarction core measure program (AMI-CM) is to provide standards of care at the point of service. The American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines (AHA-GWTG) program has previously been shown to be independently...