Tag: EEG Testing
CMS Physician Fee Schedule for Long-Term EEG – 2023 Update
In November 2022 CMS published the Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2023 with a PFS Conversion Factor of $33.06. Congress revised this in December 2022 and modified the reduction from a 4.5% to a 2% cut from the 2022 rate. The conversion factor for 2023 is $33.8872.
Read MoreCortiCap Use Case – Children’s Hospital with Difficult Patient
The Challenge This may be a more common occurrence than recognized. At a children’s hospital, a young patient on the autism spectrum would not lie down or sit still for […]
Read MoreCortiCap Use Case – Need for a Late Shift EEG with No EEG Technologist Available
The Challenge: A common situation at hospitals nationwide is a growing demand to initiate EEG monitoring in Critical Care Units as quickly as possible at any time of the day. […]
Read MoreEEG – A Powerful and Often Overlooked Diagnostic Tool
EEG tests and EEG monitoring are currently underused when it comes to identifying common diseases and performing neurological assessments in hospital patients, particularly in the United States and Canada. The expanded use of EEG can assist clinicians in making an accurate diagnosis, neurological assessment, or prognosis in patients.
Read MoreTeleneurology is Helping Rural Hospitals Retain Patients
Telemedicine or telehealth has been described as a path to virtual integrated care and is changing health care delivery in communities across the United States (US). The use of telehealth […]
Read MoreHome-centered EEG Services in the Time of COVID-19
With patients and potential patients across the country being advised to avoid hospitals and to cancel or delay elective procedures, telemedicine and other remote digital health services are being touted as […]
Read MoreResources & Recommendations for Neurodiagnostic Testing During COVID-19
ASET- The Neurodiagnostic Society Recently the American Society for Electrodiagnostic Technologists (ASET) published its recommendations on the appropriate infection control precautions to follow when providing needed diagnostic EEG procedures, assuming […]
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