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ACR sounds alarm regarding Medicare ultrasound cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging radiologists to help it block $112 million in Medicare ultrasound reimbursement cuts by sending invoices to the college that reflect the actual cost of ultrasound equipment.
February 19, 2019
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Is radiology ready for the shift to patient consumerism?
By Rebecca Farrington
Healthcare is seeing the rise of patient consumerism, and radiology is no exception. But is radiology ready for this new trend of patient refunds, price transparency, and physician-rating websites? Rebecca Farrington of Healthcare Administrative Partners offers some guidance.
February 10, 2019
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The value of the CIIP: Part 1 -- Data integrity
By Luke Bideaux
If utilized correctly, certified imaging informatics professionals (CIIPs) can be tremendously valuable to imaging practices. In the first of a new series of articles, CIIP Luke Bideaux shows how a CIIP's skills in ensuring data integrity can avoid major expenses and headaches for organizations.
February 10, 2019
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Report: Indian radiologist commits suicide after alleged bullying
By Brian Casey
A radiologist in India committed suicide due to alleged persistent bullying at the hospital where she worked, according to an article in the Hindustan Times. Several doctors have been arrested in connection with her death, other reports indicate.
February 6, 2019
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Row erupts in Canada over radiologists' role in healthcare
By Brian Casey
A dispute has erupted in Ontario over the role that radiologists and other medical specialists play in the healthcare system of the Canadian province. The debate was sparked by an article claiming that radiologists have benefited from a "technology windfall" in spending on medical technology that has been funded by taxpayers.
January 31, 2019
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GT Medical secures $10M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GT Medical Technologies has secured $10 million in financing to support the commercialization of its GammaTile therapy, a surgically targeted radiation therapy for patients with brain cancer.
January 30, 2019
Medicare's AUC/CDS mandate will begin next year
By Sandy Coffta
Starting January 1, 2020, your referring physicians will be required to use appropriate use criteria (AUC) and clinical decision support (CDS) when ordering imaging exams for Medicare patients. And if they don't, guess who doesn't get paid for the images you read? You. Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners explains.
January 29, 2019
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4 ways to improve patients' imaging experience
By Kate Madden Yee
Although improving patients' imaging experience may seem daunting, there are four relatively simple ways to boost a department's performance ranking and support patient care, according to a study published online January 22 in Radiology.
January 27, 2019
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Racial factors affect time to breast cancer treatment
By Kate Madden Yee
Black women with breast cancer experienced longer times to surgery than their white counterparts in a study among patients in the U.S. Military Health System published online January 23 in JAMA Surgery.
January 23, 2019
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Men greatly outnumber women in academic nuclear medicine
By Wayne Forrest
The underrepresentation of women in academic diagnostic radiology has had a ripple effect in nuclear medicine, where men outnumber women by almost 6-to-1 in professorial and leadership positions in the U.S. and Canada, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 20, 2019
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How AI will become an integral part of standard care
By Elad Walach and Dr. Carl Aschkenasi
The current medical landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) allows for early adopters to embrace AI innovation with ease, yet it has left the majority of medical institutions struggling to catch up. Elad Walach and Dr. Carl Aschkenasi examine what needs to happen for AI to become an integral part of the standard of care.
January 16, 2019
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MRI jargon draws fire in Vox series on health costs
By Brian Casey
Online news portal Vox continues find radiology in its sights as it takes aim at runaway healthcare costs. In a January 14 article, the site criticized jargon that hospitals use to describe radiology services -- in particular MRI -- as an example of why healthcare charges are so hard to understand.
January 14, 2019
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