CMS unveils imaging decision-support initiative
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a $10 million project to evaluate the efficacy of decision-support systems for ordering diagnostic imaging studies.
With its Medicare Imaging Demonstration initiative, CMS will seek to determine if the use of decision-support systems can promote the ordering of diagnostic imaging procedures only when they are clinically appropriate, thereby reducing unnecessary radiation exposure to patients, reducing imaging expenditures, and improving the quality of patient care.
CMS is providing up to $10 million for the 24-month project, which is scheduled to begin January 1, 2011. It was authorized by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.
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