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  • 2024-29622 — Expansion of NIOSH B Reader Certification Eligibility; Request for Information
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 102147
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking for feedback on whether nurse practitioners and physician assistants should be allowed to take the NIOSH B Reader examination to be certified to assess chest radiographs for dust-induced lung diseases. Right now, only licensed physicians can become B Readers. The CDC wants input from health experts, industry, and workers on potential benefits and risks of this change, and how it might improve health monitoring across different areas and populations. They are accepting comments until March 17, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine there's a really important test that helps doctors see if people have lung sickness from dusty jobs. Right now, only doctors can take this test, but a big health group wants to know if nurses and helpers should be allowed to take it too. They're asking everyone what they think about this idea.

  • 2020-29169 — Development of Computed Tomography (CT) Image Quality and Safety Hospital Measures
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 306
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), under the Department of Health and Human Services, has announced a funding opportunity to develop electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) for radiology in hospital programs. The aim is to improve programs like the Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Reporting Programs by supporting the development and use of quality measures. CMS plans to award a contract to Alara Imaging, a company equipped with the necessary expertise and software for this project. This notice does not require any information collection from the public.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to make X-ray programs in hospitals better and has given Alara Imaging money to help do this, but some people are worried because they didn't let other companies try for the job.