Keep an eye on payment amounts for angiography injection codes

Why This Topic Matters

It helps cardiology organizations understand a year of shifting payment amounts and policy updates that can affect professional reimbursement for angiography injection services. The article is relevant for checking underpayments, comparing payer behavior, and monitoring whether fee schedule changes are reflected correctly.

Article Sections

1. Payment monitoring for angiography injection services

   Introduces reimbursement concerns for cardiology practices and discusses payer receipts, commercial payer behavior, and Medicare payment changes for angiography injection services.

2. Injection code RVUs do a yo-yo

   Describes changes to Medicare relative value units and a correction to the physician fee schedule values for the code group.

3. 2008 Angiography injection fees, compared with 2007 rates

   Presents a fee comparison table for angiography injection services across settings, along with summary context for the year’s payment update.