Diagnostic Imaging has a very thought provoking article where a top insuring company has asked ACR about opinion on who is the right person to read a Coronary CT Angiogram. Will Cardiac CT stay with Radiologists?
"One of the largest health insurers in the U.S. has solicited the American College of Radiology for its opinion regarding who should read coronary CT angiography studies. In discussions with the ACR, Highmark had indicated it was considering two options: allow a radiologist to interpret the entire cardiac CT or coronary CTA study, or allow a cardiologist to read the cardiac images and contract with a radiologist to read the noncardiac portion of the study. The ACR responded in a letter in late summer that a properly trained radiologist is the best qualified physician to supervise and interpret the full data set of images involved in cardiac CT and coronary CTA. "
Read the entire article in Diagnostic Imaging here-
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