BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//ACC//Meetings//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nWebinar Overview\nJoin ACC's Cardiovascular Imaging Membe r Section for a webinar to learn what you can do at your hospital to impro ve payment accuracy for cardiac computed tomography (CT) services.\n\nAfte r years of effort\, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) temporarily increased pay for cardiac CT in the hospital outpatient settin g starting in 2025. To produce data that makes change possible\, imagers n eed to urge hospitals to change the way they report costs for these servic es to CMS.\n\nKey Objectives/Learning Outcomes: After attending this webin ar\, participants will:\n\nUnderstand the payment change\, why it was made and how it can be eliminated.\nUnderstand that cost reporting influences future payment.\nUnderstand will have the knowledge to seek adjustments to cost reporting at their hospital.\n\n\n\nWebinar Files\nTemporary APC Rea ssignment: CCTA codes (CPT 75572-75574)\nPresentation Slides\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Participants\nRon Blankstein\, MD\, FACC\, CV I maging Section Leadership Council Chair\nKelley R. Branch\, MD\, FACC\nJ. Jeffrey Carr\, MD\nMark Rabbat\, MD\, FACC\nJames Vavricek\, ACC Director of Regulatory Affairs\n\nCredit Information\nNo credit is being offered fo r this webinar.\n\n\n\n\n\n .videoWrapper {\n position: relative\;\n padding-bottom: 56.25%\; /* 16:9 */\n padding-top: 25px\;\n heig ht: 0\;\n }\n .videoWrapper iframe {\n position: absolute\;\n top: 0\;\n left: 0\;\n width: 100%\;\n height: 100%\;\n }\n DTEND;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20250813T121500 DTSTAMP:20260409T210338Z DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20250813T120000 LOCATION:Online - Eastern Time (ET) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Cardiac CT Payment Updates UID:fcd163d9-37f4-44e9-910d-6bf9124870d2@acc.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Webinar Overvi ew

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Join ACC's Cardiovascular Imaging Membe r Section for a webinar to learn what you can do at your hospital to impro ve payment accuracy for cardiac computed tomography (CT) services.

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After years of effort\, the Centers for Medicare and Med icaid Services (CMS) temporarily increased pay for cardiac CT in the hosp ital outpatient setting starting in 2025. To produce data that makes chang e possible\, imagers need to urge hospitals to change the way they report costs for these services to CMS.

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Key Obje ctives/Learning Outcomes: After attending this webinar\, particip ants will:

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  1. Understand the payment change\, w hy it was made and how it can be eliminated.
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  2. Understand that cos t reporting influences future payment.
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  3. Understand will have the knowledge to seek adjustments to cost reporting at their hospital.
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    Webinar Files

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    Webinar Recording

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    Webinar Partic ipants

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    Ron Blankstein\, MD\, FACC\, CV Imaging Section Le adership Council Chair
    \nKelley R. Branch\, MD\, FACC
    \nJ. Jeffr ey Carr\, MD
    \nMark Rabbat\, MD\, FACC
    \nJames Vavricek\, ACC Di rector of Regulatory Affairs

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    Credit Infor mation

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    No credit is being offered for this webinar.

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