Researchers from Loyola University Medical Center Report on Findings in Managed Care (Scct Health Policy and Advocacy Efforts): Managed Care

2025 MAR 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on Managed Care are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Maywood, Illinois, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Cardiac computed tomography has a growing presence in multiple guidelines supported by a growing evidence base as to its accuracy and impact on clinical outcomes. Despite this, dissemination into widespread routine clinical practice has been slow, largely restricted to large academic centers and urban settings.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Loyola University Medical Center, “The reasons of this are multifactorial, but one of the most impactful of these reasons is undeniably reimbursement. Currently, there is marked discrepancy between the costs of performing cardiac CT and the renumeration provided for this. Until this is addressed, cardiac CT will not reach its potential for the benefit of patients. It is for this reason that the SCCT continues to dedicate significant efforts to represent the need of the cardiology and radiology communities in bringing about changes in policy and billing. Significant momentum has been gained in recent years with the engagement of both congress and Medicare in moving towards a system of payment that recognizes the time and expertise required to acquire high quality cardiac CT.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “In this article we cover these recent efforts, and the next steps in this continued effort over the coming years.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Scct Health Policy and Advocacy Efforts. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2025;19(1):103-105. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, NY 10169, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-cardiovascular-computed-tomography/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Mark G. Rabbat, Loyola University Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Maywood, IL, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2024.09.003. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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