The Potential of using a Commercial Treatment Planning System for Physician Quality Reporting for Maintenance of ABR Certification and CMS Reimbursement

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1649
• Publication Date: 2013-09-09T18:04:34Z
• Authors: S. Bharat; P. Parikh; M. Bal; T. Rivera; H. Gay; W. Thorstad; K. Moore
• Keywords: Reimbursement

Purpose/Objective(s): Physicians are now asked to create quality reports for American Board of Radiology (ABR) certification and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement incentives. Analyzing multiple charts for dosimetric quality of treatment plans is difficult and time consuming. The objective of this study was to investigate if a commercial treatment planning system would be able to provide this information in an automated manner.