Take Action Locally Advocacy In Action Meet Eric
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Take Action Locally! Advocacy In Action
Meet Eric Martin, MD Iowa Heart Center
Dr. Martin’s Partnership with Local Payers 1 Build a Relationship and Trust Over the Years 2 Get to Know the Medical Directors and their Background 3 Discuss Your Goals of Being an Imaging Center of Excellence
Be the Steward of Imaging at Your Center Stewardship • Develop an Algorithm for Appropriate Use of the Available Imaging Technologies • Educate Local Physicians About Complex Imaging Practices – Make It Simple and Emulate Best Practices for Imaging • Show Local Payers Great Stewardship with cardiac CT – Be the Local Leader in Best Practices • Don’t Overuse Technology Demonstrate That Your Laboratory Meets High Quality Imaging Standards Demonstrate • Engage in ALARA Principles – Track Radiation Exposure Quality • Track Appropriate Use (AUC) • Track Continuous Quality Improvement • Share Your Radiation Safety Practices and AUC Data with Payers Dr. Martin’s Goals for His Imaging Laboratories
Dr. Martin’s Achievements By Demonstrating Quality Practices in CV Imaging By Embracing Good Stewardship of Imaging Technology Dr. Martin was able to eliminate prior authorization for CTA from a major payer!
“I'm hoping that our experience will set the stage for easing up on the burden of preauthorization and also show clinicians the importance of policing ourselves and doing the right thing. ” Eric Martin, MD Iowa Heart Center
