The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR) has received alerts from some members regarding some health operators, which have reduced the values of certain procedures or even a percentage reduction on the total amount billed. Code changes or glosses of previously authorized procedures have also occurred. A … Continue lendo
The Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) expresses its full support for the moratorium decreed by the Ministry of Education, which prohibits the creation of new medical schools in the country for a period of five years. The measure was one of the claims taken by the AMB to the ministry, in meetings held in October. The aim is to solve… Continue lendo
Ordinance No. 453, of June 1, 1998, of the Ministry of Health, which deals with the basic guidelines for radiological protection in medical and dental radiodiagnosis, provides for the use of diagnostic x-rays throughout the national territory and provides for other measures, not provides for the compulsory removal of pregnant employees. In that sense, the… Continue lendo
As already known by the owners and managers of radiological services, due to the disclosure of information by the Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR), it is possible to apply the reduction of the Income Tax rate to 8%, a fact that has an impact significant in the revenue of the legal entity. Indeed, this question… Continue lendo
Health care companies often disqualify professionals who provide services to them without any justification. To this end, they use a generic provision present in all contracts of this nature, which allows the termination of the agreement without just cause. The issue has already been brought to the attention of the Judiciary by harmed professionals, who argue … Continue lendo
On the last 28th of July, the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR) was again present at a discussion held between entities mobilized against tax increases, held at the headquarters of the Federation of Hospitals, Clinics and Laboratories of the State of São Paulo Paulo (FEHOESP), in the capital of São Paulo.
Professionals in our specialty have been treated unfairly in relation to the receipt of fees by health plans for decades. Due to the fact that our procedures are part of Chapter IV of the Hierarchical Brazilian Classification of Medical Procedures (CBHPM), “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures”, we were not contemplated with the increase of 100% in the medical fees for patients … Continue lendo
We receive, with some frequency, questions from associates in the following sense: can the radiologist suggest, in his report, the performance of complementary exams? The answer is, in fact, affirmative: the conduct of the radiologist who inserts, in his report, a suggestion regarding the need for complementary methods is fully ethical. This is exactly the understanding expressed in the opinion … Continue lendo
On May 31, the Brazilian College of Radiology and Imaging Diagnosis (CBR) was present at the symposium “New forms of remuneration”, promoted by the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) in partnership with the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS). In the forum, with representatives of various medical associations, operators … Continue lendo
The Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) released an opinion on the use of WhatsApp between doctors and also professionals and their patients. Document No. 14/2017 is signed by the reporting member Emmanuel Fortes S. Cavalcanti. After a broad approach on the subject, the opinion, in its conclusion, highlights the private character of the exchanged contents: … Continue lendo
