Practice Management: Page 378

RBMA to consolidate annual meetings in 2017

By Brian Casey

Less is more for the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), which plans to consolidate its two yearly meetings into one annual event -- called RBMA Paradigm -- starting in 2017.

April 24, 2016

How to get paid for radiology ultrasound contrast scans

By Donna Richmond

It's great that the ultrasound contrast agent Lumason has finally been approved in the U.S. for radiology applications, but how do you get paid for it? In this column, Donna Richmond of Panacea Healthcare Solutions examines Lumason reimbursement and the coding steps you need to take to get paid.

April 24, 2016

Rads must use YouTube to spread accurate radiation info

By Kate Madden Yee

More and more patients are turning to social media outlets like YouTube to find health information, especially about topics such as the radiation dose risk from CT. But this information may not be accurate, according to a presentation given at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Los Angeles.

April 24, 2016

Imaging Advantage joins MIT on image analysis project

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image interpretation provider Imaging Advantage said it has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School to develop a cloud-based artificial intelligence engine that prereads x-ray images before they are forwarded to radiologists.

April 21, 2016

Ignoring radiology recommendations puts patients at risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Referring physicians who ignore recommendations by radiologists for follow-up studies could be jeopardizing the health of their patients, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Los Angeles.

April 21, 2016

AuntMinnie.com Imaging Leaders Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

April 20, 2016