The Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria Program: A Review of Recommendations for Testing in Coronary Artery Disease
Authors' conclusion
CMS-qualified AUC for imaging of CAD are heterogeneous and sometimes discrepant, creating substantial potential for uncertainty among clinicians seeking to provide their patients with appropriate imaging tests.
Study context
- Population
- AUC published by CMS-qualified provider-led entities for advanced imaging tests in coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Participants
- 17 CMS-qualified provider-led entities (PLEs)
- Outcome
- Characteristics of CAD-related AUC from CMS-qualified PLEs
Methodological detailsOther CMS-identified priority clinical areas not evaluated, Public web data searched 29 August 2022; manual review by all authors
- Other CMS-identified priority clinical areas not evaluated
- Public web data searched 29 August 2022; manual review by all authors
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
PLEs with published AUC related to CAD
7
Range of clinical scenarios covered
6 to 210
Range of advanced imaging methods covered
1 to 25
Original publication
The Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria Program: A Review of Recommendations for Testing in Coronary Artery Disease. Ann Intern Med. Published 22 August 2023. doi:10.
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