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Independent Dispute Resolution of No Surprises Act Financially Unviable for Radiology

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s accepted manuscript extracted claims from Optum’s de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart Database for hospital-based specialties occurring the same day as in-network emergency visits or inpatient stays (January 2017–December 2021). Christensen et al.’s After identifying OON claims, claims were then batched via simulated IDR rules.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine The second finalist is Elliot Fishman, MD, a category for which he took the trophy in 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2017. Dempsey has been honored many times for her work in TJU's radiologic sciences training program, including the 2017 Minnie for Most Effective Radiologic Sciences Educator.

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IDR process financially unfeasible for radiologists

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The researchers gathered claims data from a national commercial database (Clinformatics Data Mart Database, Optum) for hospital-based specialties occurring on the same day as in-network emergency department visits or inpatient stays from 2017 to 2021. From there, they simulated out-of-network claims using IDR rules.

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Mass Gen Brigham and GE HealthCare Collaboration Announces AI Algorithm, Radiology Operations Module (ROM), to Optimize Scheduling and Productivity

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It further added that the co-developed algorithm is intended to predict MCO and late arrivals, which could help increase flexibility and streamline administrative operations, improve patient satisfaction, and better accommodate urgent, inpatients, or walk in appointments.

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

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A prospective randomized study of inpatient iv. Pneumonia 2017. Even better would be to see studies comparing one route to the other. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 1997; 24(3):457-67. PMID: 9114201 Siegel RE et al. antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia.

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7d vs 14d of Antibiotics in Afebrile Men with UTI

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One clinical trial demonstrates that afebrile UTI can be treated successfully with antibiotics for seven days in women, but that seven days is inferior to 14 days during short-term follow-up and non-inferior during long-term follow-up (van Nieuwkoop, 2017).

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