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Imaging Market Share Analysis Shows 28% of Image Interpretation Performed by Non-Radiologists

Imaging Technology

of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% performed by other types of clinicians. of ultrasound.

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Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending

AuntMinnie

Over the years medical imaging has been considered a major contributor to increased healthcare spending, and has been subject to a variety of cost-cutting measures that have been mostly aimed at reducing Medicare and Medicaid costs. Nuclear medicine 40% Use rates by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality 2010 2021 CT 10.2%