Medicare Imaging Demonstration Final Evaluation Report to Congress

In 2011, the Medicare Imaging Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began testing whether exposing ordering clinicians to appropriateness guidelines for advanced imaging would reduce ordering inappropriate images. Small changes in ordering patterns were noted, but decis...

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Main Author: Timbie, Justin W. (auth)
Other Authors: Hussey, Peter S. (auth), Burgette, Lane F. (auth), Wenger, Neil S. (auth), Rastegar, Afshin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2014
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Summary:In 2011, the Medicare Imaging Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began testing whether exposing ordering clinicians to appropriateness guidelines for advanced imaging would reduce ordering inappropriate images. Small changes in ordering patterns were noted, but decision support systems were unable to assign appropriateness ratings to many orders, limiting the potential effectiveness of decision support.
ISBN:j.ctt14bs4fw
9780833089656
Access:Open Access