Practice Management: Page 239

Cancer cost $94B in lost earnings in 2015

By Kate Madden Yee

In 2015, cancer cost $94.4 billion in lost earnings and took more than 8.7 million years of life among people ages 16 to 84 in the U.S. according to new research from the American Cancer Society, published online July 3 in JAMA Oncology.

July 2, 2019

CMS releases new resource on the MIPS Cost category

By Rebecca Farrington

Radiologists are most likely not paying much attention to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Cost category, but that could be a mistake, according to Rebecca Farrington of Healthcare Administrative Partners.

June 30, 2019

Ikonopedia to partner with Densitas

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Ikonopedia and medical software developer Densitas have entered an agreement under which Ikonopedia will integrate densitasdensity software into its structured breast reporting system.

June 27, 2019

SIIM: New reimbursement codes set to advance 3D printing

By Abraham Kim

DENVER - In anticipation of the unprecedented launch of reimbursement codes for medical 3D printing in July, a panel of 3D printing experts discussed the implications of this critical landmark and how it may shape future work in the field in a Thursday interactive session at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.

June 26, 2019

VA: Delay in patient diagnosis leads to suicide

By Kate Madden Yee

A patient seen at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital committed suicide after a delayed cancer diagnosis, according to an investigation conducted by the VA Office of Inspector General. The report comes a day after a hearing in the U.S. Congress on delays in patient care in the VA system.

June 26, 2019

Imaging exam wait times cost Canada $2.7B U.S. per year

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A report released by the Conference Board of Canada has found that wait times for radiology services (CT and MRI diagnostics) cost the Canadian economy $3.5 billion Canadian ($2.7 billion U.S.) in lost productivity annually.

June 25, 2019

SNMMI announces leadership slate for 2019-2020

By Brian Casey

ANAHEIM, CA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has announced its leadership slate for the 2019-2020 term, with Dr. Vasken Dilsizian taking over as president and Alan Packard, PhD, serving as president-elect.

June 25, 2019

Video from SNMMI 2019: Dr. Barry Siegel on PET reimbursement

ANAHEIM, CA - Having a lecture at a prominent medical conference named after you is a major honor for any physician. Delivering the inaugural eponymous lecture at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual conference, Dr. Barry Siegel addressed PET reimbursement.

June 24, 2019

Digital radiography may be leading to 'collimation creep'

By Brian Casey

Is the desire to produce "prettier" x-ray images leading to "collimation creep" as radiographers crop digital radiography images rather than use more appropriate collimation settings? That's the contention of a paper published in the June edition of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

June 24, 2019

NEMA revises manual for gauging SPECT performance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has released an updated version of its manual for measuring and reporting the performance parameters of SPECT scanners.

June 23, 2019

ASRT appoints new speaker, vice speaker

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has elected Joseph Whitton as speaker and Daniel DeMaio as vice speaker of the ASRT House of Delegates for the 2019-2020 term.

June 23, 2019

Officials release fingers to family of Mumbai MRI victim

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Police have returned to his family the fingers of a 32-year-old man who died in an MRI accident at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, in January 2018.

June 19, 2019

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