Do health plans cover echocardiography?
Most health plans, HMOs and Medicare cover echocardiography for established reasons. How can I tell if my echocardiogram is being performed by qualified personnel? The professionals involve in your echocardiogram should follow specific guidelined to provide high quality service. Check with them to see if the sonographer has passed a certification exam to receive an RDCS or RCS designation, the physician has passed the ASC exam for special competency in cardiac ultrasound and the lab is accredited by the intersocietal commission of Accreditation of echocardiographic laboratories (ICAEL). TYPES OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY CONVENTIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY The conventional echocardiography usually performed is the transthoracic echo, which is performed by placing the probe on the outside of the chest wall with a gell-like substance to transmit sound waves into the body. DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAM The Doppler echocardiogram evaluates blood flow in the heart and blood vessels this procedure measures the sp
