Mark Thornton Janice Ash-Miles Paul McCoubrie Ali Vosough MRI PROSTATE Mark Thornton Janice Ash-Miles Paul McCoubrie Ali Vosough
NBT activity Feb 15 to Feb 16 902 Feb 16 to Feb 17 1216 ( 35%increase)
Could the scans be done more cheaply? PROSTATE MRI Could the scans be done more cheaply? Can NBT Radiology continue to increase the apparently loss-making work?
Tariff Pelvic MRI plus addition for giving gadolinium Reimbursed by CCG = £163 or £176
Cost to perform multiparametric prostate MRI NICE guidance suggests the cost to perform and for a specialist consultant report is £316 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg175/resources/costing-statement-191671885
Operating Loss 2015/2016 902X£140 £126,280 2016/2017 1216x£140 £170,240
Could the scans be done more cheaply? PROSTATE MRI Could the scans be done more cheaply? Can NBT Radiology continue to absorb the cost of such loss-making work?
Where do we go? Predicted local increase in requests Long term MRI follow-up Absolute scanner capacity CCG support for appropriate reimbursement New Nationally agreed mpMRI tariff?
Simple work is profitable