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Insurance 101 – Understanding Medical Insurance when it comes to Medical Imaging

Intermountain Medical Imaging

In today’s complex healthcare landscape, understanding medical insurance and medical imaging is crucial for patients to make informed decisions about their health. In this blog post, we’ll explore key concepts related to medical insurance and medical imaging, with a focus on patient education.

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Physicians criticize insurance lobby’s ‘tone-deaf’ response to Change Healthcare cyberattack

Radiology Business

“This approach is particularly galling since service outages have exacerbated the administrative burdens and care delays already associated with" prior authorization, AMA said.

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

AuntMinnie

Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported. billion, while spending on all other healthcare services increased by 63.7%.

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Intermountain Medical Imaging Now Contracted and In-Network with St. Luke’s Health Partners (SLHP) Insurance Plans

Intermountain Medical Imaging

IMI joins SLHP, providing quality and affordable medical imaging to the Treasure Valley Healthcare Community {Boise, Idaho, February 15, 2024} SLHP members now have more options when it comes to accessing medical imaging within the Treasure Valley.

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A Benefits Leader's Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers?

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Envision Healthcare signs deal to keep its radiologists in-network with key insurer

Radiology Business

The private equity-backed multispecialty group said Thursday that the pact will grant commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries continued access to its physicians.

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How consistent is pricing for healthcare services?

AuntMinnie

Pricing for healthcare services -- including imaging -- isn't as consistent across the U.S. The findings underscore how important it is for patients to understand pricing variability in healthcare, wrote a team led by Benjamin Chartock, PhD, of Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Established patient office visit $88 ($69 to $114) 0.46