Radiology Business

JULY 2, 2024

Physician assistants also handled a growing share of treatments, with their tally increasing nearly 67% between 2010 and 2021.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported. trillion in 2021 and is expected to grow by 5.4% Nominal medical imaging price increases by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality Percentage increase CT 12.4% In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% increased from $2.6

Healthcare 116

Healthcare Healthcare Nuclear Medicine Insurance 116

Radiology Business

APRIL 4, 2024

In 2021, there were only nine available MIPS measures for diagnostic radiology versus 65 in family medicine, Neiman Health Policy Institute experts report.

Radiologist 119

Radiologist Diagnostic Radiology 119

Radiology Business

MARCH 24, 2024

Technologist Robert Harrison and his attorneys filed the complaint in 2021, charging that shareholders grossly overpaid in the deal, among other contentions

Radiology 115

Radiology 115

Radiology Business

JANUARY 24, 2024

A total of 75 radiology departments received National Institutes of Health funding between 2017-2021, ranging from $195,000 to nearly $217.9 million.

Radiology 115

Radiology 115

Radiology Business

MARCH 28, 2024

First launched in 2021, Tellica Imaging has aimed to capitalize on the industry's shift away from hospitals to less costly freestanding sites

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Hospital Imaging 115

Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

NRC estimates that 29 of these “medical events” occurred between 2021 and 2023, with “many” involving new therapeutic radiopharma procedures.

Radiopharmaceuticals 114

Radiopharmaceuticals Medical 114

Radiology Business

APRIL 24, 2024

The Louisville, Kentucky-based payer first partnered with vendor Cohere Health in 2021 to launch a pilot program in 12 states.

Diagnostic Imaging 111

Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging 111

Radiology Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

After acquiring the Poway, California, company in 2021, NMS Capital is now selling off its stake to fellow PE group Frazier Healthcare Partners.

Radiology 111

Radiology Imaging Healthcare Healthcare 111

Radiology Business

MAY 12, 2023

Between 2020-2021 (and amid the pandemic), interventional consult volumes climbed 13%, while consult-specific payments leapt by 84%, experts detailed.

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Inpatient Radiologist 119

AuntMinnie

APRIL 15, 2024

between 2021 and 2023, with a 10.7% Two-year compound annual growth rates (CAGR) between 2021 and 2023 show an overall average 2.9% Changes in nuclear medicine procedure volumes between 2021 and 2023 Facility Type Volume change since 2021 2-year CAGR Hospitals -10.7% -5.5% decrease in hospital-based studies and a 2.5%

Nuclear Medicine 111

Nuclear Medicine Hospital Radiopharmaceuticals Radiologist 111

Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

DirectMed Parts & Service, which partnered with NMS Capital in 2021, is buying Siemens specialist Technical Prospects for an undisclosed amount.

Imaging 115

Imaging 115

AuntMinnie

APRIL 3, 2024

Impeded by a smaller number of radiology-applicable quality measures, in 2021 radiologists in radiology-only practices scored significantly lower on relevant Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) gauges compared with other specialties. In contrast, those in multispecialty practices scored higher in the U.S.

Radiologist 119

Radiologist Medicare Radiology Ultrasound 119

Radiology Business

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specialty has approved upon its out-of-network rate since 2007, falling from nearly 13% down to 1% as of 2021, experts wrote in JACR.

Radiologist 105

Radiologist IT 105

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The team compared data collected for 2019 to 2021, focusing on mammography volumes between March and June for these years since the steepest COVID-related restrictions took place in that period in 2020. However, this increased to 638 in 2021 during the period of post-COVID-19 restrictions.

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Mammogram Nursing Diagnostic Hospital 111

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 10, 2024

They used the latest available data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), including data from the COVID-19 pandemic peak years of 2020 and 2021. However, the researchers did not observe such a trend from 2012 to 2021. Hendrick and Monticciolo evaluated trends in late-stage breast cancer incidence.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Risk-based lung cancer screening using a model called the PLCOm2012-Update appears to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities and improve screening performance compared to a protocol based on the USPSTF 2021 criteria, researchers have found. In 2021, the U.S. comparing it to the USPSTF's 2021 recommendation. PLCOm2012-Update 15.9

Healthcare 104

Healthcare Healthcare IT Hospital 104

Radiology Business

AUGUST 5, 2024

million in 2021. John Tentinger, MD, has been working on the deal for about a decade, purchasing the 25-acre piece of land for $5.5

Medical 96

Medical Radiologist Imaging 96

Radiology Business

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Most practices surveyed said they hired radiologists in 2021 with similar plans in 2022, focused on breast and body imaging as top needs.

Radiologist 105

Radiologist Imaging 105

Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This interest may be attributed in part to a 2021 decision by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to give cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) its highest recommendation as a frontline test to evaluate patients with stable and acute chest pain who have no history of coronary artery disease.¹ 2021) Nov.,

Computed Tomography 105

Computed Tomography X-ray Disease Diagnostic 105

AuntMinnie

MAY 15, 2024

They developed the algorithm using data from one hospital between 2009 and 2021, dividing patients into training and internal test sets with a ratio of eight to two.

Imaging Modalities 105

Imaging Modalities Radiologist Hospital Imaging 105

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In January 2021, the FDA launched an action plan for AI/ML devices that included a focus on improving their transparency and followed up with a workshop on the issue in October 2021.

Medical Device 116

Medical Device Medical Communication Healthcare 116

Radiology Business

MAY 15, 2023

Midmarket private equity firm Livingbridge acquired Everlight Radiology in 2021 for more than $335 million and hopes to fuel growth with the new facility.

Teleradiology 98

Teleradiology Radiology 98

Imaging Technology

APRIL 4, 2024

Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) study shows that radiologists in radiology-only practices score significantly lower in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2021. In 2021, there were only 9 available MIPS measures for diagnostic radiology, compared to 65 in family medicine.

Radiologist 105

Radiologist Radiology Medicare Ultrasound 105

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 9, 2024

According to the Herald , the patient presented at Jupiter Medical Center in June of 2021 with "severe headache"; he underwent CT imaging of the brain and cervical spine. A medical malpractice suit initiated by the patient's brother was settled earlier this year for $160,000.

Radiologist 85

Radiologist Medical Imaging 85

Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Signify Research’s newly-published Handheld Ultrasound Deep Dive Report 2022 shows the market revenues are estimated to have grown by approximately 30% in 2021, driven by strong growth in the U.S., Handheld ultrasound has not yet reached mainstream adoption, but the market is still forecast to reach over $500 million by 2026.

Ultrasound 105

Ultrasound 105

Health Imaging

APRIL 6, 2023

While the ACC/AHA 2021 Chest Pain Assessment Guidelines included cardiac CT angiography as a top level recommendation, gaps in evidence still need to be filled.

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines suggest starting vasopressors peripherally rather than delaying infusion until a CVC is placed [2]. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021. Crit Care Med 2021. CHEST 2024. PMID: 37611862 Evans L et al.

Clinic 137

Clinic Ultrasound Medical Education 137

Diagnostic Imaging

JULY 30, 2024

percent in 2021. In a 10-year analysis of computed tomography colonography (CTC) use in the United States, researchers found that CTC use increased from 1.4 percent of adults in 2019 to 3.5

Computed Tomography 89

Computed Tomography 89

Diagnostic Imaging

APRIL 2, 2024

percent increase in head and neck CT angiography and a 38 percent reduction in findings of acute pathology in a recent comparison of 2017 and 2021 statistics for headache and/or dizziness presentations at the emergency department of an urban academic medical center. Researchers noted a 67.4

Medical 91

Medical 91

Ben White

AUGUST 28, 2023

For further reading, try Nudge (the new/final edition was just released in 2021). Cognitive biases and mental models make for great blog posts but are really hard to put into practice as an individual or effectively guide policy as an organization. The post The Nudge Manifesto first appeared on Ben White.

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Ben White

JULY 13, 2023

The paper came out in 2021 but this feels dated. This chart comes from a Joint Commission paper on Physician Task Load and the Risk of Burnout : It reads like a meaningful comparison, but the data is actually just self-reported from a survey of different specialties. ”) would be higher now for many specialties, including mine.

Radiologist 130

Radiologist Radiology IT 130

Diagnostic Imaging

APRIL 10, 2024

Patients with Medicaid or means-tested insurance were over 27 percent more likely to miss mammography appointments, and only 65 percent of women with three of more adverse social determinants of health had a mammography exam in a two-year period covering 2020 and 2021, according to new research and a report from the CDC.

Insurance 91

Insurance 91

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2024

They also compiled mortality data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics through 2021. The investigators found that breast cancer remains the leading cause of death in women under the age of 50, with 2,251 deaths reported in 2021. per year from 2012 through 2019.

Diagnose 126

Diagnose Disease IT Imaging 126

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Injected amounts of the tracer have dropped by 66% between 2000 and 2021, they found. To quantify these developments, the group analyzed administered doses in 243 children and adolescents who underwent 466 clinical F-18 FDG-PET/CT or PET/MRI scans of the body at their hospital between January 2000 and May 2021.

Radiation 111

Radiation Clinic MRI Imaging 111

REBEL EM

JULY 1, 2024

Balkan Med J 2021. Balkan Med J 2021. Cureus 2021. Comparison of BPAP S/T and Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support Modes for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AVAPS: 0.07 P = 0.015 PaCO2 Excretion in 1 st Hour BPAP S/T: 4.75 AVAPS: 10.20

Clinic 133

Clinic Disease Hospital IT 133

Diagnostic Imaging

MAY 14, 2024

While radiologists and other providers may be discouraged by insurer denials saying the use of a technological advance is “unproven and investigational,” 82 percent of appeals for prior authorization denials were approved in 2021.

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Insurance IT Radiologist 83