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Billing I-AIM: a novel framework for ultrasound billing
Daralee Hughes1, Michelle M Corrado2, Irene Mynatt3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 750 Prior Hall, 376 W 10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. Daralee.hughes@osumc.edu.
Background:
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has an ever-growing footprint in medicine. With this growth POCUS billing and reimbursement has become an area gaining quite a bit of attention as a means of funding and sustaining quality and education programs. Standardization across providers is needed to improve the financial viability of POCUS.
Results:
We created an institutional collaborative which developed a framework to identify critical POCUS billing and reimbursement checkpoints. The framework, Billing I-AIM, provides a feasible structure to enhance provider-based reimbursement and perform quality improvement efforts across variable POCUS environments.
Conclusions:
POCUS billing using the Billing I-AIM technique allows administrative oversight, quality assurance, and educational functions as well. A discussion of the framework and respective application is provided.
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