Ben White

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The battle between Radiology Partners and UnitedHealthcare has ended with United as the victor. The summary: RP claimed United owed them lots of money for underpayment because United was using a 2020 contract to determine some of its payments instead of a more lucrative 1998 contract originally held by one of its purchased groups, Singleton. United then sued Radiology Partners alleging an illegal pass-through billing scheme.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Attorneys filed the complaint Sept. 24 in the New York State Supreme Court, also naming William A Weiner, MD, and Nexray Medical Imaging as defendants.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The CDC estimates that just under 7% of adults in the United States continue to struggle with symptoms of long COVID.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The addition of parameters such as patient age, MIP sign and associated imaging features to the Kaiser score demonstrated a 95.6 percent AUC for breast cancer detection of enhancing lesions on breast MRI in recently published research.

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Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A new hand-held scanner developed by UCL researchers can generate highly detailed 3D photoacoustic images in just seconds, paving the way for their use in a clinical setting for the first time and offering the potential for earlier disease diagnosis.

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Ben White

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In The Happiness Hypothesis , Jonathan Haidt describes work by William Damon at Stanford that sought “to see why some professions seemed healthy while others were growing sick”: Picking the fields of genetics and journalism as case studies, they conducted dozens of interviews with people in each field. Their conclusion is as profound as it is simple: It’s a matter of alignment.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The software could opportunistically screen patients at a smaller cost than other interventions, given it automatically operates "in the background" on radiographs performed for other reasons.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Some of the findings observed have also been reported in patients who have multiple sclerosis, “which could suggest partially shared pathophysiological substrates of fatigue symptoms,” researchers indicated.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Results from a multicenter phase 3 trial showed that the PET/CT imaging agent (89Zr)Zr-girentuximab had an 85.5 percent mean sensitivity rate for the diagnosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

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Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The brain and spinal cord are the central pillars of the human central nervous system (CNS), orchestrating everything from movement to sensation. Despite significant advances in neuroscience, our understanding of how these two crucial components of the CNS interact remains limited.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Automated CT-based AI tools can visualize biomarkers of body composition changes in patients using Ozempic (semaglutide) for diabetes type 2 treatment or obesity, according to a study published September 10 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. These changes are beyond what can be evaluated by clinical measures such as weight and waist circumference, wrote a team led by Leslie W.

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Ben White

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Or, “Why Independent Radiology is different from most job boards (but also still boring)” So recently I created a simple, small website called Independent Radiology. It’s a boring job board, but it’s also different from most job boards. Jason Fried from 37signals (makers of Basecamp, HEY, and other stuff) argued years ago that software should be opinionated.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Silicon Valley-based startup is working to commercialize a handheld platform that incorporates robotics, artificial intelligence, imaging and virtual connectivity.

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About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Experts are optimistic that the use of portable systems can increase accessibility to neuroimaging and efficiency in stroke care.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In a study involving 396 confirmed neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases, researchers found that Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI offered 19 percent higher sensitivity than polyenergetic CT.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

An ultrasound test that detected 96% of ovarian cancers in postmenopausal women should replace the current standard of care test in the UK according to a new study.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

F-18 fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT leads to significant upstaging in newly diagnosed breast cancer, according to research published September 5 in Academic Radiology. A team led by Liu Junzhi, PhD, from the China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, China, found that the modality leads to upstaging at a higher rate than that of F-18 FDG PET/CT.

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Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

Ben White

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A reader asked if anyone had successfully started a new radiology private practice recently, particularly one that involved financing, opening up new imaging centers, and fresh payor contracts. There is a vacuum in some areas, especially with the PE-exacerbated instability, and therefore a clear opportunity to those who can muster the manpower (no easy feat).

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

About 69% of radiologists surveyed in 2023 said their organization is understaffed, up from 67% the previous year, the two associations reported.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

New research indicates that conservatives have larger amygdalas than their more progressive-leaning counterparts.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

For patients who had neuroradiological trauma CT scans, researchers noted no significant visual differences between deep learning denoising at 25% mAs and iterative reconstruction at 100% mAs.

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Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

When physicians want to know more about a patient's risk of cardiovascular disease, they can order a cardiac stress test. But when it comes to risk of stroke, there is no equivalent scalable and cost-effective test of the brain's function to help physicians counsel patients on their potential risk. A questionnaire that asks patients about contributing risk factors is currently the best tool for estimating such risk.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A radiopharmaceutical therapy that lengthens progression-free survival for patients with neuroendocrine cancer could help treat meningioma sufferers, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting. The study findings are hopeful for patients with the condition, presenter Kenneth Merrell, MD, of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, MN, said in an ASTRO statement.

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ScienceDaily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Researchers have published a novel study exploring the effects of delayed feedback on learning in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. The goal of this study was to assess the effects of delayed vs. immediate performance feedback on learning in individuals with TBI and to examine the associated brain networks.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

OA impacts more than 595M people worldwide and produces $80B in healthcare costs in the U.S. alone, experts detailed in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?