Practice Management: Page 248

National Mobile X-Ray buys MMDS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mobile x-ray, ultrasound, and electrocardiogram technology provider National Mobile X-Ray has purchased MMDS Mobile X-Ray, a mobile x-ray and ancillary services company headquartered in Asheville, NC.

March 18, 2019

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

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

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

ASTRO updates radiation oncology safety guide

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published an updated version of its comprehensive radiation oncology safety reference guide.

March 12, 2019

ASRT elects 2019-2020 board of directors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has elected four new officers to serve one-year terms on its 2019-2020 board of directors, following the upcoming ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting in Orlando, FL.

March 11, 2019

Healthcare cuts to come in 2020 U.S. budget

By Kate Madden Yee

President Donald Trump on March 7 released a budget for 2020 that includes cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as repeal-and-replace measures for the Affordable Care Act of 2010.

March 11, 2019

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

Augmented reality cultivates early radiology education

By Abraham Kim

An interactive educational course that uses augmented reality technology to display MRI and CT scans on the user's body improved medical students' image-based understanding of anatomy more than traditional teaching methods did, according to recent research published in Anatomical Sciences Education.

March 10, 2019

MITA publishes standard for medical imaging service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has published a new standard that outlines requirements for servicing medical imaging equipment.

March 10, 2019

VA identifies radiology reporting delays at Kan. hospital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General has identified a case of delayed abnormal radiology test reporting at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, KS.

March 7, 2019

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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