NEW: CMS rejected ASE’s request for the establishment of additional contrast-enhanced echo APCs, but increased the APC rate for contrast-enhanced echo by almost $60.  Under the final rates, the APC rate for contrast enhanced TTE (with spectral and color Doppler) is $164.10  more than unenhanced procedures but the APC rate for contrast-enhanced stress echo is $23.68 less than for unenhanced stress echo.

Lantheus Medical Imaging Announces Labeling Changes for DEFINITY(R):  Revised Label Modifies Patient Monitoring and Observation Requirements Following DEFINITY(R) Administration.  Download the Press Release from Lantheus here.