Cardiovascular Research
Overuse of Echocardiography Costs Health System More than $890 Million per Year
Published in Cardiovascular Week, July 4th, 2011
2011 JUL 4 -- A new CareCore National analysis of heart disease diagnoses shows that more than $890 million is wasted on unnecessary tests each year that do not improve the quality of medical care. CareCore, the nation's largest specialty benefits management company, conducted its analysis after recognizing that the use of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has increased dramatically, especially in the outpatient setting. Self-referral and poor imaging quality has, in part, been implicated and may lead to further unnecessary diagnostic testing and therapy.
The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) in conjunction with the American Society of...
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