Description

The purpose of this session is to inform radiologists on the basics of healthcare payment policy and how it impacts the practice of radiology.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the history of how payment policy has developed for healthcare with an emphasis on medical imaging.
2. Define how radiology services are paid.
3. Describe policy differences related to practice type, patient type, and insurance.

Subspecialties

• Non-Clinical

Modalities

• Non-Clinical

Moderator(s):

• Kurt Schoppe, MD

Speaker(s):

• Joaquim Farinhas, MBA, MD
• Mark Alson, MD, FACR, RCC
• Mark Bernardy, MD, FACR
• Norman Thomson, III, MBA,MD, FACR

Disclosures

• Joaquim Farinhas, MBA, MD : <p>Joaquim Farinhas: None</p>
• Mark Alson, MD, FACR, RCC : <p>Mark Alson: None</p>
• Kurt Schoppe, MD : <p>Kurt Schoppe: None</p>
• Mark Bernardy, MD, FACR : <p>Mark Bernardy: None</p>
• Norman Thomson, III, MBA,MD, FACR : <p>Norman Thomson, III: None</p>