Imaging Clinical Decision Support: The Time is Now

Abstract

Organizations need to be ready for the imaging workflow changes related to the legislative mandates of P.L. 113-93 (Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014). They also need to have a good understanding of what's required to meet these mandates. There has been only one large scale study to determine the possible value of imaging CDS. Beginning in 2009, CMS initiated the Medicare Imaging Demonstration (MID) project--its subsequent evaluation is very instructive. The use of imaging CDS will be required for submitting claims to CMS as of January 1, 2017. This means a mechanism that the Secretary of HHS has approved must be used and the results from that imaging CDS must be included on the claim submitted by the imaging facility.