Practice Management: Page 265

Study: ACA led to more early-stage cancer diagnoses

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Confirming previous research, a new study has found that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) led to more cancer diagnoses -- and more detection of early-stage disease -- in the states that used the ACA to expand insurance coverage than in the states that didn't. The results were published December 21 in the American Journal of Public Health.

December 20, 2017

ACR revises appropriateness criteria

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released a revised version of its appropriateness criteria.

December 20, 2017

Tax reform bill overturns ACA's individual mandate

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

On December 20, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed tax legislation that included the overturning of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate provision that requires individuals to purchase health insurance.

December 20, 2017

AuntMinnie.com Imaging Leaders Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

December 20, 2017

JACR: Rads want more help with point-of-care ultrasound

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologists would like more support from the American College of Radiology (ACR) for point-of-care ultrasound, according to an analysis of data from the ACR's 2017 workforce survey published December 19 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

December 20, 2017

How 2018 coding changes will affect radiology practices

By Rebecca Farrington

Are you ready for new revisions to current procedural terminology (CPT) codes set to take effect in the Medicare system in 2018? Rebecca Farrington of Healthcare Administrative Partners helps you get up to speed in this new article.

December 20, 2017

MedPAC floats voluntary MIPS idea

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

At its December 7 meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reviewed a proposal that would direct Congress to adopt a voluntary alternative to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

December 19, 2017

ASRT Foundation supports imaging education study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation is funding a research project that will assess the role of e-modules in imaging science curricula.

December 18, 2017

RadNet signs with Southern California firm to expand reach

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services provider RadNet has formed a joint venture with MemorialCare, a healthcare delivery system with five hospitals and more than 200 care sites in Southern California.

December 18, 2017

SNMMI pushes Congress for U.S.-based Mo-99 supply

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is collaborating with other imaging- and healthcare-related organizations to once again urge the U.S. Congress to create a sufficient supply in the U.S. of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).

December 18, 2017

ISCT moves 2018 meeting to San Diego

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) is moving the 2018 edition of its annual meeting from its longtime home in San Francisco down the California coast to San Diego.

December 18, 2017

Radiologists are losing control of musculoskeletal US

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologists had a market share of less than 40% for musculoskeletal ultrasound exams in the U.S. in 2015, down from 65% in 2003, indicating they could be losing control of the modality, according to a study published online December 13 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

December 18, 2017

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