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The Radiologist Shortage is Here

Ben White

It should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: these are my opinions, formed from the combination of my biases, my experience as a radiologist since beginning residency 10 years ago, and my many conversations with radiologists across the country. Nationwide, the supply of radiologists is basically flat. Six weeks?!

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AuntMinnie 2008: Radiologist pays $7M to settle federal fraud claims

AuntMinnie

A Florida radiologist has paid the U.S. government $7 million to settle allegations of healthcare fraud. had charged the radiologist with defrauding federal healthcare programs by billing for CT scans that were never performed, paying other physicians for patient referrals, and ordering imaging exams that were medically unnecessary.

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Radiologist faces strong criticism in negligence case

AuntMinnie

The Malaysian government has been ordered to pay the widow of a lawyer 2 million ringgits, or RM ($461,893) in damages in a medical negligence case involving radiofrequency ablation, according to a report published September 10 by the New Straits Times. Additionally, the government will pay Doshi 250,000 RM ($57,736) in costs.

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Can IMGs help mitigate radiologist shortages?

AuntMinnie

“Initiatives by radiology departments to increase the availability and utilization of visas for IMG faculty applicants, to the extent permitted by institutional and state policies, could help expand the nation’s radiologist supply and thereby address the developing U.S. state governments). IMGs currently comprise 11% of all U.S.

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Radiologists, emergency physicians and anesthesiologists jointly praise key court decision

Radiology Business

The three medical societies said they "stand ready" to work with the federal government and other stakeholders to ensure a fair IDR process under the No Surprises Act.

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The Radiologist as the Cockpit of Tomorrow’s Healthcare

Aidoc

The skeletal structure of the healthcare system, from government agencies and health insurers to hospital administrators and physicians, creates an ecosystem inundated with concrete obstacles when attempting to generate real change. Healthcare Data Imaging is data. At its core, radiology is a healthcare data science field.

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Abstract No. 170 Practice Sizes and Urban-Rural Distribution of Interventional Radiologists, 2013 to 2022

JVIR

Interventional radiologists have faced increasing pressures to control costs and demonstrate quality of care improvements due to changes in payment models from governments and private payers.