AIM CLINICAL APPROPRIATENESS GUIDELINES FOR CARDIOLOGY
The foundation of our solution platform for specialty benefits management is our clinical appropriateness guidelines.
AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Cardiology are developed through a rigorous process integrating evidence-based literature with expert physician review. Included below are guidelines for advanced imaging of the heart, arterial ultrasound, percutaneous coronary intervention, and diagnostic coronary angiography.
AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Advanced Imaging of the Heart
Modalities addressed in the AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Advanced Imaging of the Heart include echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, and cardiac PET.
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AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Arterial Ultrasound– Criteria moved effective November 10, 2019
Tests addressed in the AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Arterial Ultrasound include physiologic testing and duplex ultrasounds of the upper and lower extremities, the extracranial vessels, and the aorta and inferior vena cava (IVC). Effective November 10, 2019, these tests will be addressed in the AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Vascular Imaging.
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AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Echocardiography.
Modalities addressed in the AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Echocardiography include resting transthoracic echocardiography, stress echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
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AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
The procedures addressed in the AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention include balloon angioplasty, coronary stent placement, and coronary atherectomy.
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AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Diagnostic Coronary Angiography
The procedures addressed in the AIM Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines for Diagnostic Coronary Angiography include catheter placement for visualization of native coronary arteries and/or bypass grafts, as well as left and/or right heart catheterization when performed with coronary angiography.
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