Radiology Business

JANUARY 23, 2025

Fewer than 2% of hospitalized inpatients underwent ablation for renal cell carcinoma, despite its lower cost and other benefits.

Interventional Radiology 260

Interventional Radiology Inpatient Hospital Radiology 260

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, found that office ultrasound services have been mostly performed by radiologists while hospital outpatient and inpatient services have been performed more by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. for the inpatient setting. and inpatient settings from 25.1% to 8.1%.

Ultrasound 290

Ultrasound Radiologist Inpatient Medicare 290

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This time, it evaluated the association of a 4 + 4 block schedule (rotating four inpatient weeks with four outpatient weeks) compared to a 4 + 1 block schedule (rotating four inpatient weeks with one outpatient week) to measure schedule-associated burnout, wellness, and self-reported professional engagement, and clinical preparedness.

Inpatient 286

Inpatient Education Clinic Hospital 286

AuntMinnie

MAY 28, 2024

When the billing entity providing the Professional Component (PC) is different from the one providing the Technical Component (TC), e.g., in the case of hospital patients, the PC is billed separately using modifier -26. The same would apply for a registered hospital outpatient if services were provided elsewhere.

Medicare 279

Medicare Radiology Inpatient Hospital 279

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Alzheimer’s disease patients with cognitive impairment or dementia who were referred for amyloid PET scans had fewer hospitalizations compared with a matched control group, according to a study published October 9 in JAMA Neurology. The percentage of patients impacted was small – just 4.5% of patients with dementia, the authors noted.

PET Scan 277

PET Scan Medicare Inpatient Hospital 277

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The team tracked volumes by provider type (cardiologists, radiologists, and "other") and practice setting (hospital and nonhospital). Hospital setting Radiologists 52% 58.3% Hospital setting Radiologists 33.9% The investigators found that 38, 806 cardiac CT exams were performed in 2013 and 112,909 in 2020, an increase of 191%.

Radiologist 325

Radiologist MRI Medicare Inpatient 325

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

An automated protocoling algorithm used with a hospital's electronic health record (EHR) software reduces radiologist CT exam workload, a research team from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has reported. Inpatient exams 3.5 The group's work was published January 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Radiologist 289

Radiologist Electronic Medical Record Inpatient Hospital 289

AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

But the investigators also noted that radiologists interpreted nearly all outpatient hospital, inpatient, and emergency department exams compared to those conducted in an office setting. Nuclear medicine 11.8% Ultrasound 0.4% X-ray -- -- 97.9%

Image Interpretation 290

Image Interpretation X-ray Nuclear Medicine Imaging 290

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes several radiology-relevant topics, according to a detailed summary from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The CMS finalized a 2.9% The CMS finalized a 2.9%

Inpatient 130

Inpatient Radiology Hospital Medicare 130

Ben White

OCTOBER 9, 2024

…Hospitals quite literally cannot operate beyond a few hours without diagnostic radiology. We are the bottleneck for all inpatient care. Hospital systems simply have no leverage against their radiologists except fear of the unknown. Negotiations with the hospital have yielded minimal results. What is a group to do?

Radiologist 208

Radiologist Inpatient Hospital Interventional Radiology 208

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Christensen team studied the fraction of out-of-network claims that radiologists and other hospital-based specialists can expect to at least break even with when payer-determined payments are challenged through the IDR process. of batched out-of-network claims for all other hospital-based specialties combined, respectively.

Radiologist 243

Radiologist Insurance Inpatient Hospital 243

AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

EchoGo Heart Failure is also covered in the hospital inpatient setting, using the New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) code XXE2X19. The Category III CPT code 0923T was released on July 1 on the AMA's website and will become effective on January 1, 2025.

Inpatient 147

Inpatient Hospital Diagnose Diagnostic 147

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dempsey began working in radiography at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania. She continued working at the hospital for 12 years while growing in her role as an educator. Dmitry Beyder.

Nuclear Medicine 358

Nuclear Medicine Education Radiology Technologist Radiation Science 358

AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.

Radiation 233

Radiation Computed Tomography DICOM Hospital 233

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

The fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes a new technology add-on payment (NTAP) of $241.39 Hospitals acquire the Annalise Enterprise CTB Triage - OH system on a subscription-based model, with an annual cost of $180,000 per hospital, the FY IPPS final rule explained.

Inpatient 130

Inpatient Medical Device Medicare Hospital 130

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 20, 2024

Services will include inpatient nursing care, cardiovascular operating rooms, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology labs. Along with offering care to the local community, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is a major referral center in the area and the only level-one trauma center for patients in the region.

Clinic 130

Clinic Inpatient X-ray Nursing 130

AuntMinnie

MAY 13, 2024

Automation represents the current value of AI in the hospital emergency department (ED), a Yale University emergency radiologist shared last week at the 124th American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Boston. We have strict turnaround time limits, for inpatient services, for outpatient services, and for the ER," she said. "So

Radiologist 182

Radiologist Hospital Inpatient Radiology 182

Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Driven by a mission to heal, to teach, and to discover, University Hospitals offers access to quality care for everyone in Northeast Ohio,” says UH Chief Operating Officer Paul Hinchey, MD, MBA. “GE A focus of the collaboration is to implement enterprise-wide technology to optimize workflows and help improve clinical decision-making.

Patient Care 105

Patient Care Hospital Healthcare Healthcare 105

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The technology's value is limited by the expertise of the operator and poor conditions for diagnostic-quality ultrasound in the home and inpatient settings, and in primary care settings, there is a steep learning curve for staff, and accreditation and maintenance of skills are both essential, Tan pointed out.

Global Radiology 266

Global Radiology Radiology X-ray Ultrasound 266

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As the measure was also included in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (HIQR) program and Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (HOQR) program, physicians and hospitals will be aligned to optimize dose across all care settings, she noted.

Computed Tomography 162

Computed Tomography Radiation Medicare Inpatient 162

AuntMinnie

JULY 29, 2024

Ordering x-rays after removing chest tubes from lung surgery patients does not lead to meaningful change in patient management and prolongs hospital stays, according to a study published July 26 in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. No patient underwent any procedure following the post-chest tube removal x-ray. days vs. 2.3

X-ray 162

X-ray Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer 162

UCSF Biomedical Imaging

MARCH 27, 2023

The resumption of in-patient care at Mount Zion Hospital in 2020 after many years as an outpatient site presented an opportunity for imaging expansion.

Inpatient 52

Inpatient Hospital Imaging Patient Care 52

AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

We developed a step-by-step guide describing exactly how to clear and scan an inpatient with a CIED per our policy. The results informed us of where we needed to focus attention," Ellis-Land and colleagues explained. "We A CIED Practice Clearance Tracker was used to gain and maintain clearing skills.

MRI 230

MRI Education Inpatient Radiology Technologist 230

Aidoc

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Reducing Treatment Times In understaffed radiology departments and overcrowded hospitals, clinical AI is already demonstrating its potential to deliver faster treatment for patients by significantly reducing treatment times. With the new budget, investing in similar AI solutions could help the NHS deliver timely care to more patients.

Hospital 52

Hospital Computed Tomography Inpatient Healthcare 52

JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

To determine the association between neutropenia status and port removal, as well as their combined effects on length of hospitalization and inpatient mortality, in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient Hospital 40

JVIR

MAY 30, 2024

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contemporary trends in IVC filter utilization in the inpatient setting following the FDA safety communications and to compare those trends in relation to incidence of hospital admissions involving venous thromboembolism. The National Inpatient Sample was queried between 2005-2019.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient Communication Hospital 40

Imaging Technology

JANUARY 17, 2024

s accepted manuscript extracted claims from Optum’s de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart Database for hospital-based specialties occurring the same day as in-network emergency visits or inpatient stays (January 2017–December 2021). Therefore, IDR rulemaking may negatively impact patient access to in-network care.” Christensen et al.’s

Inpatient 105

Inpatient Radiology Hospital Radiologist 105

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

They retrospectively accessed discharge data from the State Emergency Department Databases for California and Florida for 2007-2010, and then merged the data with information on hospital HIE participation from market research firm HIMSS Analytics. If all hospital-based EDs in California and Florida fully participated in HIE, more than $2.9

X-ray 147

X-ray Imaging Ultrasound Hospital 147

JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The certification requirement for hospitals to be considered stroke centers in the United States is greater than 15 cases of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) annually for center and proceduralist. Few studies have evaluated the association between MT case-volume with clinical outcomes.

Hospital 40

Hospital Inpatient Clinic 40

AuntMinnie

MAY 4, 2024

And having MRI available in the emergency department means that ED patients don't have to compete with inpatients or outpatients for MRI time." Hospitals must develop a "safety first" culture for emergency department MRI, which should include tight access control, mandatory staff training, and vigorous screening, according to Mandel.

MRI 124

MRI Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer 124

Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

For non-cardiac imaging, the study found that radiologists interpreted nearly all imaging in the hospital outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department settings: 99.5% The research, published June 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, JACR, was based on 123 million Medicare Part B imaging claims in 2022.

Image Interpretation 111

Image Interpretation Radiologist Imaging Ultrasound 111

Imaging Technology

AUGUST 9, 2023

With the aim of exploring a safer, more accessible solution for hydrocephalus patients, the HOPE PMR study is assessing the feasibility of integrating the Swoop system, a brain imaging solution with zero ionizing radiation that is accessible at a child's bedside, into routine inpatient, outpatient, and emergency pediatric care settings.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging 98

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Imaging Inpatient Radiation 98

Everything Rad

JULY 17, 2023

We need to providing imaging 24/7 for outpatient and inpatient facilities; it’s becoming critical,” she said. Travel positions offer better pay while the increasing number of urgent care and free-standing emergency centers offer an environment that is more attractive and less stressful to many candidates than a hospital.

Radiology 98

Radiology Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer 98

Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Notably, operational AI-enabled tools can address challenges that often pose a threat to patient care such as cost of care, and hospital inefficiencies. As such, it stated, health systems will need to rely on technology to help solve some of these challenges.

Radiology Operations 104

Radiology Operations Healthcare Healthcare Nursing 104

JVIR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This study aims to characterize trends in utilization of PVIs among different specialties: interventional radiologist (IR), interventional cardiologists (IC), vascular surgeons (VS), and other providers (OP), as well as place of service: office-based labs (OBLs), ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), outpatient hospitals, and inpatient hospitals.

Inpatient 40

Inpatient Medicare Hospital Radiologist 40

Capitol Imaging Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Having the procedure done in a hospital as an inpatient costs far more than having the same procedure done in an outpatient center such as CIS. Since inpatient facilities tend to cost more to run, patients end up paying more for care. Why Can Hospital Imaging Cost More? Get a Price for Your PET/CT Today!

Insurance 52

Insurance Inpatient Hospital Computed Tomography 52

REBEL EM

APRIL 29, 2024

Many clinicians don’t consider IO placement while others consider it a last resort or only a pre-hospital procedure. Intraosseous versus central venous catheter utilization and performance during inpatient medical emergencies. The IO can actually be your “GO-TO” emergency line or your second choice after failed PIV access. Trauma 1996.

Hospital 105

Hospital Inpatient Ultrasound Medical 105