The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR), once again, comes to alert the radiological class about the suppression, since the 8th edition of CBHPM, published in 2014, of the rules that suggested financial discount on multiple exams performed in the same patient, the so-called escalation. The “escalation” occurred in the same service as the … Continue lendo
In view of the controversy generated by the enactment of Law No. 7,898/2018, by the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, the Legal Advice of the Brazilian College of Radiology has the following comments to make: 1) The Federal Supreme Court, through ADPF 151, by means of an injunction, removed the binding of the minimum wage in the calculation of … Continue lendo
Held in Brasília on June 26 and 27, the event had the joint participation of the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM), the National Federation of Doctors (Fenam) and the Brazilian Medical Federation (FMB) . More than 400 doctors, representatives of regional medical councils, medical unions and associations, … Continue lendo
After numerous consultations on the subject, the CFM, in consultation process No. 50/16 - Opinion CFM No. 14/2017, consolidated the understanding in the sense that it is possible to use the application (platform) Whatsapp and similar in communication between doctors and their patients and among professionals. The Federal Council of Medicine, however, presented in the aforementioned decision … Continue lendo
The CBR, represented by the Director of Professional Defense, Dr. Cibele Carvalho, and by the College's Economic Advisor, Mr. Carlos Moura, participated this Wednesday, May 2, in the CBHPM Technical Chamber meeting at the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), in which the Ultrasonic Hepatic Elastography procedure was included in the CBHPM, after approval in the “List of … Continue lendo
A very pertinent topic, which the Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis receives several consultations, deals with the obligation of health operators to adopt the code and nomenclature of the Unified Terminology of Supplementary Health (TUSS). Some operators have adopted descriptions of procedures that deviate from the TUSS standard, negatively impacting … Continue lendo
The Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging participated, on the 27th, in the AMB Professional Defense Council Meeting, which was attended by several Specialty Societies. The defense of the Medical Act, the Hierarchical Brazilian Classification of Medical Procedures (CBHPM), the Normative Resolutions of the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS), … Continue lendo
After national mobilization, the government changed the proposal and decided that the service sector will continue in the cumulative regime of the two taxes, paying a percentage on revenue without the use of credits. The changes will apply only to the industry, which already pays the two taxes by the non-cumulative regime, that is, with a discount of … Continue lendo
The purpose of this article is to bring together, in a punctual and systematic way, the necessary guidelines regarding the theme “safekeeping and archiving of images and reports” – based on existing legislation and opinions on the matter. Here are the most relevant topics: The exams (films and reports), despite sometimes receiving different treatment, … Continue lendo
The legal advice of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR) has advised members that it is possible to hire both a radiology technician or technologist and a biomedical doctor to operate radiological devices, including magnetic resonance imaging in this group. Regarding the radiology technician and technologist, the possibility of … Continue lendo
