Erin Stephens

Economics
Medicare Quality Payment Program changes affecting radiology practices for 2025
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In a new column, Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners fdetails the key Medicare Quality Payment program changes that radiology practices need to know about in 2025.
March 7, 2025
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Coding changes that will impact diagnostic and interventional radiology practices in 2025
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What coding changes are affecting diagnostic and interventional radiology practices this year? Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners shares all of the details in a new column.
January 31, 2025
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How did radiology practices perform in the 2023 MIPS final results?
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In a new column, Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners shares how radiology practices can find out how their MIPS performance score will affect 2025 Medicare reimbursement.
August 30, 2024
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Radiology update, reminders, and tips for MIPS
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Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners shares tips for radiology practices participating in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
July 3, 2024
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Coding for enhanced interventional radiology reimbursement
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A new column from Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners offers tips on how to optimize interventional radiology reimbursement.
June 17, 2024
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Practice Management
Coding changes that will impact radiology practices in 2024
Although relatively few of the changes to the Current Procedural Terminology will impact radiology practices, it’s essential to know what they are and adjust your practice systems accordingly.
February 12, 2024
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Economics
Radiology practices struggle to avoid Medicare QPP penalties
In a new column, Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners reviews the challenges radiology practices face in avoiding penalties from the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP).
September 6, 2023
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Ultrasound
How to maximize venous duplex ultrasound reimbursement
Accurate and complete documentation is the key to maximizing reimbursement for venous duplex Doppler ultrasound exams, according to a new column by Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners.
July 9, 2023
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Practice Management
Coding changes that will impact radiology practices in 2023
In a new column, Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners (HAP) reviews the new and revised CPT codes that will impact radiology practices in 2023.
January 30, 2023
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Practice Management
Quality Payment Program strategy for radiology in 2023
In a new column, Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners shares strategy tips for radiologists participating in the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP).
January 2, 2023
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Images of a 69-year-old man diagnosed with prostate cancer who had a history of endocrine therapy for two years. (a) The maximum intensity projection (MIP) image of F-18 FDG showed moderate radiotracer uptake in a thoracic vertebra. (e) The MIP image of Ga-68 DOTA-IBA demonstrated more lesions in the cervical vertebra and pelvis. (b) An osteoblastic lesion in the C3 vertebra right attachment (curved arrows) was negative on F-18 FDG (SUVmax = 2.0) and positive on Ga-68 DOTA-IBA (SUVmax = 8.7). (c) Another osteoblastic lesion in the T10 vertebra left side (arrowheads) was both positive on F-18 FDG (SUVmax = 5.2) and positive on Ga-68 DOTA-IBA (SUVmax = 35.0). (d) Osteoblastic lesions in bilateral ilium (dotted arrows and arrows) were negative on F-18 FDG (left: SUVmax = 1.4, right: SUVmax = 1.6) and positive on Ga-68 DOTA-IBA (left: SUVmax = 7.6, right: SUVmax = 8.7). Follow-up imaging three months later confirmed the presence of these bone metastases. Image and caption available for republishing under Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0 DEED, Attribution 4.0 International) and courtesy of Scientific Reports.
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Images of a 69-year-old man diagnosed with prostate cancer who had a history of endocrine therapy for two years. (a) The maximum intensity projection (MIP) image of F-18 FDG showed moderate radiotracer uptake in a thoracic vertebra. (e) The MIP image of Ga-68 DOTA-IBA demonstrated more lesions in the cervical vertebra and pelvis. (b) An osteoblastic lesion in the C3 vertebra right attachment (curved arrows) was negative on F-18 FDG (SUVmax = 2.0) and positive on Ga-68 DOTA-IBA (SUVmax = 8.7). (c) Another osteoblastic lesion in the T10 vertebra left side (arrowheads) was both positive on F-18 FDG (SUVmax = 5.2) and positive on Ga-68 DOTA-IBA (SUVmax = 35.0). (d) Osteoblastic lesions in bilateral ilium (dotted arrows and arrows) were negative on F-18 FDG (left: SUVmax = 1.4, right: SUVmax = 1.6) and positive on Ga-68 DOTA-IBA (left: SUVmax = 7.6, right: SUVmax = 8.7). Follow-up imaging three months later confirmed the presence of these bone metastases. Image and caption available for republishing under Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0 DEED, Attribution 4.0 International) and courtesy of Scientific Reports.
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Ultrasound images depict a 56-year-old man with obesity (body mass index, 42) and steatosis (MRI-PDFF, 10.4%), who underwent ultrasound attenuation coefficient (AC) measurement due to participation in the present study. The unit displays color-coded confidence map (left) and AC map (on right) in side-by-side manner. The confidence map indicates quality of acquired AC signals and is set like traffic lights: green indicates good quality acquisition, yellow indicates warning, and red indicates low quality. Areas with low quality are left blank on the AC map. The image shows multiple circular ROIs placed at depths below the liver capsule of 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 cm. All ROIs are 3.5 cm in size. The confidence map threshold is set at 20%. AC measurements (in units of dB/cm/MHz) were extracted from all ROIs (excluding voxels without assigned color on the AC map) and decrease with greater ROI depth.
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