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Week in Review: Tariff cost pegged at $400M | Radiology escapes Medicare cuts | Radiation dose to women

By Brian Casey

July 12, 2018

Radiology escapes big cuts to Medicare payments in 2019

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiology will largely escape major cuts in reimbursement for Medicare studies in 2019, according to a proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for next year released on July 12 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

July 12, 2018

Doctors in small practices less prone to burnout

By Brian Casey

Feeling burned out? It could be because you're working in a big, anonymous healthcare system. Doctors who worked in small primary care practices reported much lower burnout rates in a study published in the July-August issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

July 11, 2018

Zimbabwe commissions 1st diagnostic radiology center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The government of Zimbabwe has commissioned the country's first diagnostic radiology and MRI center in Harare.

July 9, 2018

How data registries can help your radiology practice

By Mythreyi Chatfield, PhD

Participation in radiology data registries can help your practice measure performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and meet quality reporting requirements, explains Mythreyi Chatfield, PhD, from the American College of Radiology in this article.

July 5, 2018

Billing for off-campus hospital outpatient departments

By Sandy Coffta

The Medicare rules for billing services performed in off-campus hospital outpatient departments changed with the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, with the result that ownership of imaging centers by hospitals is becoming less attractive than it once was. Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners reviews the changes.

July 4, 2018

Neurorads receive highest industry payments

By Kate Madden Yee

Like other medical specialists, radiologists receive payments from pharmaceutical and technology firms for things like consulting, travel expenses, or royalties. But the distribution varies across subspecialties, with neuroradiologists receiving the highest mean payments, according to a study published online June 26 in Academic Radiology.

June 28, 2018

Breast cancer studies overlook socioeconomic factors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Social factors such as race and economic position influence women's vulnerability to breast cancer, but they are rarely considered in breast cancer research, according to a commentary published in the July issue of Cancer Causes and Control.

June 27, 2018

Study confirms low rate of incidental findings on CTC

By Abraham Kim

CT colonography (CTC) had a lower rate of incidental findings that required workup than previously suspected, according to research published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. These results may help revive the call for Medicare reimbursement of CTC colorectal cancer screening.

June 24, 2018

Breast imaging centers lack inclusive transgender care

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Many U.S. breast imaging facilities don't have structures in place to establish an inclusive environment for transgender patients, according to a study published online June 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

June 21, 2018

Dealing with medical CDs: Images, reports, or both?

By Herman Oosterwijk

Years after it was first identified as a problem in radiology, the use of CDs to transport medical images continues to vex imaging facilities. In a new column, informatics expert Herman Oosterwijk of OTech talks about practical solutions to the dilemma.

June 19, 2018

Radiology research diversity could use improvement

By Kate Madden Yee

Incentives are needed to promote greater diversity and the inclusion of women among radiologist researchers, according to a study published online June 13 in Academic Radiology.

June 17, 2018

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