Revenue & Reimbursement

Healthcare reimbursement is payment that a hospital, diagnostic imaging facility, subspecialty department or healthcare providers receive for performing a service. This also includes individual radiologist or cardiologist reimbursement and billing and coding rules for submitting claims.

Use of AI in radiology revenue cycle management
Dave Walker, senior director of revenue cycle, Radiology Associates of North Texas, explains how his practice uses artificial intelligence for revenue cycle management during the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2024 meeting.
CMS increases reimbursement for AI-powered heart failure platform
Ultromics thinks the significant payment increase will help ramp up utilization among U.S. healthcare providers.

Dave Walker explains how AI is helping improve the revenue cycle in radiology. #RBMA #RBMA24 #RBMA2024

Use of AI in radiology revenue cycle management

Dave Walker, senior director of revenue cycle, Radiology Associates of North Texas, explains how his practice uses artificial intelligence for revenue cycle management during the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2024 meeting.

April 22, 2024

Ultromics EchoGo AI platform. When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, it included an updated reimbursement for the EchoGo Heart Failure platform from Ultromics. EchoGo Heart Failure is now associated with an ambulatory payment classification (APC) code of APC 5743 and a payment rate of $284.88.

CMS increases reimbursement for AI-powered heart failure platform

Ultromics thinks the significant payment increase will help ramp up utilization among U.S. healthcare providers.

November 8, 2023

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