Association and Trends in Medicare Denials and Utilization for Brain CT: Indirect Impacts by Targeted Policy Intervention?
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French, RJ; Hirsch, J; Hemingway, J; Hughes, DR; Lerebours, R; Luo, S; Allen, BC; Duszak, R; Rosman, DA
Published in: Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
2023
Twenty-five years of annual Medicare Physician/Supplier Procedure Summary (PSPS) Master File data were used to assess trends in normalized volume and claim denial rates for brain computerized tomography. Alongside growth in utilization of brain computerized tomography (services, denial rates, fell from 1999-2005 and with relatively leveled growth and less denial rate volatility thereafter. More recent trends in denial rates may be related to policy interventions initially aimed at cost and volume reduction.
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Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
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1535-6302
Publication Date
2023
Volume
52
Issue
1
Start / End Page
31 / 34
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Policy
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Medicare
- Humans
- Head
- Brain
- Aged
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French, R. J., Hirsch, J., Hemingway, J., Hughes, D. R., Lerebours, R., Luo, S., … Rosman, D. A. (2023). Association and Trends in Medicare Denials and Utilization for Brain CT: Indirect Impacts by Targeted Policy Intervention? Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, 52(1), 31–34. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2022.07.009
French, Robert J., Joshua Hirsch, Jennifer Hemingway, Danny R. Hughes, Reginald Lerebours, Sheng Luo, Brian C. Allen, Richard Duszak, and David A. Rosman. “Association and Trends in Medicare Denials and Utilization for Brain CT: Indirect Impacts by Targeted Policy Intervention?” Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 52, no. 1 (2023): 31–34. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2022.07.009.
French RJ, Hirsch J, Hemingway J, Hughes DR, Lerebours R, Luo S, et al. Association and Trends in Medicare Denials and Utilization for Brain CT: Indirect Impacts by Targeted Policy Intervention? Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2023;52(1):31–4.
French, Robert J., et al. “Association and Trends in Medicare Denials and Utilization for Brain CT: Indirect Impacts by Targeted Policy Intervention?” Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, vol. 52, no. 1, 2023, pp. 31–34. Pubmed, doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2022.07.009.
French RJ, Hirsch J, Hemingway J, Hughes DR, Lerebours R, Luo S, Allen BC, Duszak R, Rosman DA. Association and Trends in Medicare Denials and Utilization for Brain CT: Indirect Impacts by Targeted Policy Intervention? Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2023;52(1):31–34.
Published In
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
DOI
EISSN
1535-6302
Publication Date
2023
Volume
52
Issue
1
Start / End Page
31 / 34
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Policy
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Medicare
- Humans
- Head
- Brain
- Aged