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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He served in the U.S. He earned his medical degree from Washington University in St.

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Are Radiology Backlogs Putting Your Health System at Risk?

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Radiology plays a crucial role in modern medicine, answering essential diagnostic questions pertaining to nearly every pathology facing clinicians. The Impact on Patients and Clinical Management A 2024 study in the Journal of Clinical Imaging found that 68% of surveyed radiology practices had unreported radiology exams.

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ACR outlines radiology-relevant topics in FY 2025 IPPS final rule

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes several radiology-relevant topics, according to a detailed summary from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The CMS finalized a 2.9%

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What can global radiology learn from Singapore?

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The clinical implementation of point-of-care ultrasound is making steady progress. Radiology has undergone progressive subspecialization over the past three decades, and there has been a substantial rise in the number of diagnostic radiologists, averaging an annual growth rate of 9.9% since 2010.

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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

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1 Some patients receive excessive radiation doses without diagnostic benefit, needlessly increasing their personal risk of developing cancer. CMS required that this measure be designed as an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM), the first radiology measure to be written in this format. 2 Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD.

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Medicare Quality Payment Program changes affecting radiology practices for 2025

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This would include many diagnostic radiologists. Quality Performance Measure #436, Radiation Consideration for Adult CT Utilization of Dose Lowering Techniques, has been eliminated and replaced by Measure #494, Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic CT in Adults.

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Alara offers free software for MPFS quality measure compliance

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It specifies the adoption of a new quality measure into the diagnostic radiology set of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) called Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults, with the goal of improving patient safety by optimizing CT radiation dose.