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CMS unveils artificial intelligence challenge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun taking applications for its CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge.
March 27, 2019
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Workflow optimization cuts MRI turnaround time
By Wayne Forrest
Five minutes might not seem like much time, but taking 300 fewer seconds to turn around an MRI suite to accommodate the next case can improve workflow, better serve patients, and add to a facility's coffers, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
March 26, 2019
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Female radiation oncologists earn less than men
By Kate Madden Yee
Female radiation oncologists submit fewer Medicare charges and collect less revenue than their male counterparts in both private-office and hospital practice settings, according to a study published March 22 in JAMA Network Open.
March 26, 2019
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ACA has benefited low- and middle-income women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 has benefited low- and middle-income women since its implementation, according to a study published online March 21 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
March 20, 2019
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The value of the CIIP: Part 2 -- Workflow optimization
By Luke Bideaux
If utilized correctly, certified imaging informatics professionals (CIIPs) can be tremendously valuable to imaging practices. In the second of a new series of articles, CIIP Luke Bideaux shows how a CIIP's skills in workflow optimization can yield significant cost savings and help to alleviate radiologist burnout.
March 19, 2019
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Interventional radiologists pull down highest salaries
By Brian Casey
What's not to like about interventional radiology? It's one of the newest medical specialties, and interventional radiologists in the U.S. pulled down higher salaries in 2018 compared with their colleagues in diagnostic radiology, according to the latest data from AuntMinnie.com's SalaryScan survey of medical imaging compensation.
March 18, 2019
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MedPAC: Imaging grows slower than other medical services
By Kate Madden Yee
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) may have published its latest report to the U.S. Congress on March 15, but its findings and recommendations aren't new: The commission continues to focus growth in imaging utilization that occurred more than a decade ago, despite a relatively small volume increase between 2016 and 2017.
March 14, 2019
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Out-of-pocket costs keep women from mammo follow-up
By Kate Madden Yee
U.S. women who have a suspicious finding from a screening mammogram are delaying -- or even skipping altogether -- needed diagnostic exams because of high out-of-pocket costs, according to a study by the Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization.
March 14, 2019
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ACR opens call for comments on 'egregious' insurer policy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is welcoming comments regarding "egregious" insurance payor policies that have negatively affected the practices of ACR members.
March 10, 2019
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Understanding changes in 2019 final Medicare fee schedule
By Sandy Coffta
Which radiology procedures were winners and which ones were losers in the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2019? Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners unpacks these changes to the MPFS in this new article.
March 7, 2019
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Carestream installs extremity CT in Green Bay
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has installed its OnSight 3D extremity CT scanner at Bellin Health Titletown Sports Medicine and Orthopedics in Green Bay, WI.
March 5, 2019
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Ikonopedia secures additional financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Ikonopedia has secured additional financing from Texas Women Ventures Capital, a private equity firm in Dallas.
February 26, 2019
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