GUEST

My SNMMI Overview

My Organizations
My Councils
My Committees

Committee on Coding and Reimbursement

Committee Mission

Provides analysis and advice on all coding and reimbursement issues impacting the SNMMI and the nuclear medicine community. 

Committee Charges

  • Monitor, analyze, influence and disseminate information about coding and reimbursement policies and procedures that affect nuclear medicine. Actively participate in the development of coding and the use of coding that supports the utilization of nuclear medicine procedures in medical practice, such as CPT, ICD-9 and ICD-10, HCPCS codes and APCs. Continue to establish a working dialogue with regulators, particularly HCFA, and payers to effect change. 
  • Participate in AMA CPT, RUC and PEAC process to obtain appropriate codes, procedure descriptions and reimbursement rates for new and existing nuclear medicine procedures. 
  • Work with CMS, Congress and local carriers and other medical intermediaries to ensure that appropriate nuclear medicine procedures are available to and attainable by the public. 

Committee Members

  • Scott C. Bartley, MD, MSMDI, FACNM (Chairperson)
  • Heather Jacene, MD, FSNMMI (President)
  • Gary L. Dillehay, MD,FACNM,FACR,FSNMMI (Vice-Chairperson)
  • Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, CPE, FASNC (Board Liaison)
  • Lee P. Adler, MD (Committee Member)
  • KG Bennet, MD, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Terence Beven, MD (Committee Member)
  • Wayne E. Dunkle, CNMT, ARRT(R),(N) (Committee Member)
  • Eric Hu, MD, ABNM (Committee Member)
  • Michael A. Morris, MD, MS (Committee Member)
  • Dustin Osborne, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Vikas Prasad, MD, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Lalitha Ramanna, MD, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Lynne T. Roy, MBA, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS (Committee Member)
  • John P. Seitz, MD (Committee Member)
  • Barry A. Siegel, MD, FSNMMI, FACNM (Committee Member)
  • Gabriela Spilberg, MD (Committee Member)
  • William A. Van Decker, MD (Committee Member)
  • Janice D. Van Dolsen, BHS, RT(N), CNMT (Committee Member)
  • Cindy Yuan, MD, PhD (Committee Member)