Professor and Chair Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Radiology
Dr. Vijay M. Rao, MD
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Doctor Vijay M. Rao, MD works in the field of Radiology. She over the years received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Philadelphia Magazine", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Vijay is also published. She has 88 publications published. The lastest publication: "Vertebral Augmentation After Recent Randomized Controlled Trials: A New Risein Kyphoplasty Volumes.' She accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Vertebral Augmentation After Recent Randomized Controlled Trials: A New Rise in Kyphoplasty Volumes.
- Continued growth in emergency department imaging is bucking the overall trends.
- Trends in Outpatient MRI Seem to Reflect Recent Reimbursement Cuts.
- Financial Impact of Medicare Code Bundling of CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis.
- Radiation Oncology Services in the Modern Era: Evolving Patterns of Usage and Payments in the Office Setting for Medicare Patients From 2000 to 2010.
- Are Combined CT Scans of the Thorax Being Overused?
- The choosing wisely initiative of the american board of internal medicine foundation: what will its impact be on radiology practice?
- The Diversion of Outpatient Echocardiography From Private Offices to Higher Cost Hospital Facilities: An Unanticipated Effect of Code Bundling.
- The Increasing Role of Radiologists in Thoracic Diagnosis: More Thoracic Biopsies Are Performed Percutaneously.
- The Increasing Role Of Nonradiologists In Performing Ultrasound-Guided Invasive Procedures.
- Analysis of Radiologists' Imaging Workload Trends by Place of Service.
- Recent reimbursement changes and their effect on hospital and private office use of myocardial perfusion imaging.
- Ensuring the Future of Radiology: How to Respond to the Threats.
- The Recent Reversal of the Growth Trend in MRI: A Harbinger of the Future?
- QRSE: a Novel Metric for the Evaluation of Trainee Radiologist Reporting Skills.
- The effect of the controversial US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on the use of screening mammography.
- The Declining Radiology Job Market: How Should Radiologists Respond?
- The Recent Downturn in Utilization of CT: The Start of a New Trend?
- Trends in the utilization of outpatient advanced imaging after the deficit reduction act.
- Noncardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Nonradiologist Physicians: How Widespread Is It?
- Trends in utilization rates of the various imaging modalities in emergency departments: nationwide medicare data from 2000 to 2008.
- Radiology Report Comparator: A Novel Method to Augment Resident Education.
- The value-added services of hospital-based radiology groups.
- Putting the light (not the heat) back into radiology morbidity and mortality conferences.
- Placement and removal of inferior vena cava filters: national trends in the medicare population.
- Volume of neuroradiology studies read by neurologists: implications for fellowship training.
- The lack of growth in use of coronary CT angiography: is it being appropriately used?
- The effect of self-referral on utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging.
- Outsourcing to teleradiology companies: bad for radiology, bad for radiologists.
- Medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging are now higher to nonradiologist physicians than to radiologists.
- Bending the curve: the recent marked slowdown in growth of noninvasive diagnostic imaging.
- Evolving roles of radiologists, nephrologists, and surgeons in endovascular hemodialysis access maintenance procedures.
- Trends in the utilization of CT angiography and MR angiography of the head and neck in the Medicare population.
- How widely is computer-aided detection used in screening and diagnostic mammography?
- Geographic variation in the utilization of noninvasive diagnostic imaging: national medicare data, 1998-2007.
- Trends in PET scanner ownership and leasing by nonradiologist physicians.
- Physician orders contribute to high-tech imaging slowdown.
- A prior authorization program of a radiology benefits management company and how it has affected utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging.
- The disproportionate effects of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 on radiologists' private office MRI and CT practices compared with those of other physicians.
- Endovascular repair vs open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: comparative utilization trends from 2001 to 2006.
- Why the in-office ancillary services exception to the Stark laws needs to be changed--and why most physicians (not just radiologists) should support that change.
- Recent payment and utilization trends in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging: comparison between self-referral and referral to radiologists.
- Experience of an academic neuroradiology division participating in a utilization management program.
- Recent shifts in place of service for noninvasive diagnostic imaging: have hospitals missed an opportunity?
- Ownership or leasing of CT scanners by nonradiologist physicians: a rapidly growing trend that raises concern about self-referral.
- Turf wars in radiology: recent actions against self-referral by state governments, commercial payers, and medicare--hope is on the horizon.
- Turf wars in radiology: updated evidence on the relationship between self-referral and the overutilization of imaging.
- Recent trends in utilization rates of abdominal imaging: the relative roles of radiologists and nonradiologist physicians.
- Recent trends in mammography utilization in the Medicare population: is there a cause for concern?
- Same-specialty referrals for imaging compared with referrals to radiologists: are the data correct?
- Radiology's image problem: ponder the words of some thought leaders in the field.
- Musculoskeletal imaging: medicare use, costs, and potential for cost substitution.
- Ownership or leasing of MRI facilities by nonradiologist physicians is a rapidly growing trend.
- Recent trends in utilization rates of noncardiac thoracic imaging: an example of how imaging growth might be controlled.
- Turf wars in radiology: what must academic radiology do?
- Turf wars in radiology: challenges leveled at our specialty and how to respond to them.
- The effect of the introduction of MR and CT angiography on the utilization of catheter angiography for peripheral arterial disease.
- Turf wars in radiology: the future of radiology depends on research--and on your support of it!
- Recent trends in utilization of vascular ultrasound among radiologists, surgeons, cardiologists, and other physicians.
- Current practice patterns and recent trends in breast biopsy among radiologists and surgeons.
- Turf wars in radiology: privileging and site accreditation programs--what they have accomplished for commercial health plans.
- The controversy over advanced cardiovascular imaging: relative roles of radiologists, cardiologists, and other physicians in CT and MRI of the cardiovascular system.
- Turf wars in radiology: training in diagnostic imaging: how much is enough?
- Comparison of recent utilization trends in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging among radiologists and cardiologists.
- Turf wars in radiology: should it be radiologists or cardiologists who do cardiac imaging?
- Recent trends in utilization of cardiovascular imaging: how important are they for radiology?
- Changes in procedure volume and service provider distribution among radiologists and nonradiologists in dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry between 1996 and 2002.
- Turf wars in radiology: the past, present, and future importance of training standards in imaging.
- Do emergency medicine physicians perform ultrasound and conventional radiography in the emergency department? Recent trends from 1993 to 2001.
- Turf wars in radiology: emergency department ultrasound and radiography.
- The changing roles of radiologists, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons in percutaneous peripheral arterial interventions during a recent five-year interval.
- Turf wars in radiology: the battle for peripheral vascular interventions.
- Who gets paid for diagnostic imaging, and how much?
- Turf wars in radiology: possible remedies for self-referral that could be taken by federal or state governments and payers.
- MR imaging of the temporomandibular joint.
- Turf wars in radiology: the quality of imaging facilities operated by nonradiologist physicians and of the images they produce.
- Comparative increases in utilization rates of ultrasound examinations among radiologists, cardiologists, and other physicians from 1993 to 2001.
- Turf wars in radiology: the quality of interpretations of imaging studies by nonradiologist physicians--a patient safety issue?
- Turf wars in radiology: other causes of overutilization and what can be done about it.
- Turf wars in radiology: the overutilization of imaging resulting from self-referral.
- Turf wars in radiology: introduction.
- Practice patterns of radiologists and nonradiologists in utilization of noninvasive diagnostic imaging among the Medicare population 1993-1999.
- Nationwide trends in rates of utilization of noninvasive diagnostic imaging among the Medicare population between 1993 and 1999.
- Radiology: radiology quiz case 2. Atypical lipomatous tumor, a variant of well-differentiated liposarcoma.
- Characterization of maxillofacial soft tissue vascular anomalies by ultrasound and color Doppler imaging: an adjuvant to computed tomography and magnetic resonance ima...
- CT Evaluation of Laryngotracheal Trauma.
- Vertically oriented internal auditory canal in an 8-year-old with hearing loss.
Schools
AllIndia Institute Of Medical Sciences AllIndia Institute Of Medical Sciences
Albert Einstein Med Center
Jefferson Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Neuroradiology
- Radiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Philadelphia Magazine
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Thomas Jefferson University -
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network -
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Hospital
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1124044003 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | RAO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | VIJAY | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 191074824 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Diagnostic Radiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 98.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1124044003 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | RAO |
| First Name Of The Provider | VIJAY |
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