Practice Management: Page 435

NY Times story questions radiology's patient focus

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Organized radiology wants to raise the specialty's profile with patients, but it may be hitting resistance from both patients and radiologists, according to an article published on Monday in the New York Times.

November 24, 2014

Nonphysician providers order more imaging exams

By Kate Madden Yee

Nonphysician healthcare staff, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, are 30% more likely than primary care physicians to order imaging exams for patients, concludes a new study published online Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

November 23, 2014

Siemens donates to Radiology Leadership Institute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has contributed to the Leading Radiology Into the Future campaign to fund the American College of Radiology's Radiology Leadership Institute.

November 23, 2014

Tips for coding percutaneous image-guided fluid collection

By Jeff Majchrzak

There has been some confusion lately regarding several recent CPT codes added by the American Medical Association for percutaneous image-guided fluid collection. In his latest column, Jeff Majchrzak of Panacea Healthcare Solutions provides guidance for how to code these new procedures.

November 23, 2014

Payment cuts drive MRI to hospital outpatient setting

By Wayne Forrest

The number of MRI scans performed in hospital outpatient imaging departments has surpassed the amount performed in private offices. The change is due in part to reimbursement cuts that have made private-office MRI considerably less economically viable, according to a study published online November 15 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

November 23, 2014

RSNA launches new fundraising campaign

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RSNA Research and Education Foundation is launching a new fundraising campaign.

November 19, 2014

MedQ debuts patient financial software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MedQ has introduced its Q/ris 3000 Patient Balance Estimator, a software package that estimates a patient's financial responsibility before radiology services are provided.

November 18, 2014

RLI seeks nominations for leadership award

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) is seeking nominations for its 2015 RLI Leadership Luminary Award.

November 18, 2014

RBMA offers comments on 2015 Medicare fee schedule

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) has published its comments on the final 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, noting that it contains a number of items of concern for RBMA members.

November 18, 2014

Mobile ultrasound brings care to rural areas in Morocco

By Erik L. Ridley

It was a heartbreaking story, but it could have been even more tragic were it not for the Mobile Ultrasound Patrol in Morocco. After being given an ultrasound in her rural village, a young woman in pain -- unaware that she was pregnant -- was found to be carrying two dead fetuses.

November 18, 2014

U.S. House passes radiation research bill

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. House of Representatives on November 17 passed the Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2014, which is intended to increase understanding of low-dose radiation.

November 17, 2014

Strategic Radiology taps Norcal Mutual

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology consortium Strategic Radiology said that six of its radiology group members have named insurer Norcal Mutual as their medical professional liability insurance carrier.

November 17, 2014

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