Currently, cardiac MR studies are reimbursed for the most part, said Dr. James C. Carr, director of cardiovascular imaging at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Carr served on the technical panel, representing the Society of Interventional Radiology.
Cardiac CT studies are not consistently reimbursed now though. “One of the problems is that the indications have not been clearly established for insurance companies,” he said. “Hopefully, this document will convince them that there are many situations where [cardiac CT] is indicated and hopefully they will consider reimbursement for these indications.”