2020
Trends in Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Reimbursement for Medicare Beneficiaries Among the US Emergency Medicine Workforce, 2012 to 2016
Birch MS, Marin JR, Liu RB, Hall J, Hall MK. Trends in Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Reimbursement for Medicare Beneficiaries Among the US Emergency Medicine Workforce, 2012 to 2016. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 76: 609-614. PMID: 32653329, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.05.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency MedicineHealth PersonnelInsurance, Health, ReimbursementMedicarePoint-of-Care SystemsUltrasonographyUnited StatesConceptsCare ultrasonographyEmergency physiciansDiagnostic pointCurrent Procedural Terminology codesEmergency medicine cliniciansAdvanced practice providersCross-sectional studyProcedural Terminology codesEmergency medicine workforceAbdominal examinationUltrasonographic studyEmergency departmentClinician workforceUltrasonographic examinationCritical careMedicaid feePractice providersMedicine cliniciansLow prevalenceTerminology codesMedicare beneficiariesReimbursement patternsInternal medicineRapid diagnosisUltrasonography
2016
Use of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department
Hall MK, Hall J, Gross CP, Harish NJ, Liu R, Maroongroge S, Moore CL, Raio CC, Taylor RA. Use of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2016, 35: 2467-2474. PMID: 27698180, DOI: 10.7863/ultra.16.01041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare ultrasoundEmergency departmentOdds ratioHealthcare Common Procedure Coding System codesMedicaid Services feeCare ultrasound useEmergency medicine practitionersMedical school graduation yearUse of pointPatient outcomesUltrasound examinationMedicare beneficiariesEM residenciesMedicare Part B feeUltrasound useMedicine practitionersPart B feePractice locationProvider UtilizationB feeService reimbursementEM practitionersReimbursementUltrasoundLower rates