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

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Nuclear medicine 40% Use rates by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality 2010 2021 CT 10.2% Nuclear medicine 2.7% Ultrasound 24% 28% X-ray/fluoroscopy 56.2% Nominal medical imaging price increases by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality Percentage increase CT 12.4% Duszak's team also reported the following: A 22.9%

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Few ‘surprise’ patient bills are from radiologists, study finds

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In addition, they computed the out-of-network rate by imaging modality, with claims categorized as CT, MR, nuclear medicine (NM), ultrasound, radiography or fluoroscopy (XR), and interventional procedures. In total, they identified 80.4 million imaging claims for 19.5 million unique individuals over the study period.

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Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use

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Nuclear medicine 0.76 X-ray or fluoroscopy 0.82 The group found the following: Analysis of effect of Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratio (MMRR) on imaging use Modality Median MMRR CT 0.82 Ultrasound 0.85 It also reported that the probability of an individual having imaging was 25.9% higher for MR, 21.4% higher for x-ray.

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4 ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in radiology

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Thiel and colleagues performed an LCA in April 2023 of the diagnostic radiology practice of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

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New CT, MR scanners and AI top GE HealthCare highlights at RSNA 2023

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GEHC also displayed its Signa PET/MR AIR system, which was introduced at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference in June. Ultrasound In ultrasound developments, GEHC discussed the addition of Caption Guidance AI software to its Venue family of point-of-care ultrasound systems.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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Luthria, et al, Journal of Nuclear Medicine , October 26, 2023. To learn more about this paper, click here. Increased Metabolic Activity of the Thymus and Lymph Nodes in Pediatric Oncology Patients After Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination. To learn more about this paper, click here. Best New Radiology Device Aperto Lucent 0.4-tesla

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

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of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% of computed tomography (CT), 91.0% of magnetic resonance (MR), 76.6% of ultrasound.