Just received this blurb in one of our daily e-mail journals.
              Reimbursement: Cardiac community wins expanded PET coverage
from CMS
After extensive lobbying efforts from physician advocacy groups, CMS has
agreed to reimburse for primary, diagnostic positron emission tomography
(PET) scans of cardiac patients.

  I believe that the physicians behind our vascular labs are not speaking
loud enough for their own reimbursement and although SVT and others are
trying to " bark" for the salvation of our specialty, it ultimately will be
those that " bite": and sink their teeth into CMS for anything to be done.

        Just a thought on this rainy dreary day down in Houston!!!


Respectfully,

Megan Hodge, RN RVT
Clinical Supervisor
Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
The Methodist Hospital, Houston,TX
Voice: 713-790-5987
Fax: 713-790-4965
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