Radiology Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

When stated in dollar terms, the median price for imaging services was $490 across commercial plans compared to $191 in MA, experts wrote in Health Affairs.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 10, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 05/10/2024 - 08:05 May 10, 2024 — Insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were linked with an increase in patients receiving care at accredited cancer hospitals in Pennsylvania, according to a study published in Health Services Research by University of Pittsburgh researchers.

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Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Also, LucidHealth expands in Florida, New Jersey practice launches joint venture with hospital group, and US Radiology Specialists improves MRI efficiency.

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Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Highmark Health's latest effort will spend another $12 million to build a new 8,000 square-foot imaging center in western Pennsylvania.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 6, 2023

3561 also would apply to groups owned by physicians, hospitals, insurers, or venture capital firms, who could face fines of $2M for failing to comply.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

christine.book Wed, 06/21/2023 - 10:48 June 21, 2023 — NYU Langone Health has published an overview of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool designed to smooth hospital operations for better patient care. The resulting 4.1-billion-word

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Ben White

JULY 11, 2023

Certainly the conventional wisdom argued that large firms like Envision had the ability to recruit and retain clinicians across vast geographies, and negotiating power with the large insurers that increasingly dominate key insurance sectors like Medicare Advantage and Managed Medicaid.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) mandate on breast density notification taking effect to state- and federal-level legislation being introduced and passed for insurance coverage on supplemental imaging, breast imaging is poised to experience transformation soon, the experts said. From the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

“Lack of financial viability for the IDR process limits clinicians’ opportunities to dispute payer-determined payments and potentially undermines their bargaining power in insurer contract negotiations,” Christensen and co-authors wrote. of batched out-of-network claims for all other hospital-based specialties combined, respectively.

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MRI Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But what are the common pressures faced by hospitals, clinics, and private practices? Reimbursement rates from Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers have decreased from their COVID highs. Finally, health insurance deductibles and costs are also increasing. These days, hospitals must invest in digital products to survive.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put into place the Hospital Price Transparency rule, which mandated that hospitals disclose the cost of services online as well as via a consumer-accessible list that includes prices for each. used a health insurance estimator. In 2021, the U.S. Only 11.9%

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MRI Network

OCTOBER 7, 2024

for invoicing and insurance claims) has added new burdens to overstretched budgets. People may suddenly have to pay more out-of-pocket costs, or their health insurance doesn’t cover prescription drugs. According to McKinsey, the current inflation rate indicates a rise in healthcare costs of $370 billion by 2027.

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Capitol Imaging Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Insured Or Uninsured The price of medical procedures can vary between insurance providers. The change in price largely depends on how much of the procedure your insurance plan covers, if any at all. If you don’t have health insurance, you can expect to pay for the full cost of the procedure out-of-pocket.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 21, 2023

researchers has found that screening MR. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: New MRI technique helps target ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy Are hospitals disclosing prostate cancer service costs? Radiologist performance is consistent for prostate MRI reads Insurance coverage for prostate MRI is inconsistent across the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Peter Noël, PhD, an associate professor of radiology at Penn and director of CT research at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, told PBS station WHYY in Philadelphia that advanced CT technology has opened the door to unique scanning projects such as this one with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported. But spending growth among the employer-insured population (employer-sponsored insurance, or ESI) must also be evaluated, they explained. growth of nominal hospital imaging prices and a 22.6%

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Capitol Imaging Services

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Independent imaging centers, like Capitol Imaging Services (CIS), on average feature lower-priced procedures that use the same high quality technology that yield the same, if not better results as a hospital radiology scan. Why Can Hospital Imaging Cost More? At the CIS family of centers , we use the global billing model.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 27, 2023

More than half of Americans carry private healthcare insurance, for which fees are negotiated rather than set by an entity such as Medicare, the study authors explained. This negotiation contributes to private insurance prices that are often higher than Medicare rates and variable, they said.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Prior authorization is a process used by some health insurance companies to determine if they will cover a prescribed procedure, service, or medication. “This study suggests that prior authorization for cancer care can have discrete negative associations with outcomes for patients,” Chino and colleagues wrote.

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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%.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2024

that perform PET MPI, many perform a low volume of PET studies, with 56% of the cases in the Medicare database being performed in only 20 hospitals, they noted. Also, out of 400 centers in the U.S.

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CurveBeam AI

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Dr. Scott Ellis, MD Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY Dr. Francois Lintz, MD, MSc, CSCT Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Clinique d L’UNION Toulouse, France That’s easy: I use it for every single patient. It is also the most time and cost-efficient modality.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 12, 2024

Outgoing Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) president Ed Nicol, MD, of Royal Brompton Hospital in London, U.K., Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY, will serve as president and chair of the 15-member board of directors. The board's application can be reviewed here.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 2, 2024

A detailed statement issued by MGH today on the study, “Demographic bias in misdiagnosis by computational pathology models,” reported findings of substantial variability in pathology AI models’ performance based on race, insurance type and age group, serving as a “call to action” to researchers and regulators to improve medical equity.

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Capitol Imaging Services

JANUARY 24, 2022

On this particular occasion, two physicians told our staff that a local hospital was less expensive than a Capitol Imaging Services affiliate for a particular procedure, a procedure often not covered by insurance. Our affiliate was the better cost option for their patients. Click here to complete this request.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 15, 2024

In terms of hospital/facility size, 46% of survey respondents reported 100 beds or less, 37% reported 100 to 349 beds, and 17% reported 350 beds or more. This second-quarter report included feedback from 150 imaging directors and managers across the following U.S.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 17, 2024

Imaging and radiology centers are among the least affected hospital services in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, a study published May 17 in JAMA Health Forum found. The survey study included 74 Ukrainian hospitals from 12 oblasts (regions or provinces).

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

According to research from the 2024 HIMSS State of Interoperability and Connected Care survey *, improving patient outcomes remains the most important goal for health systems and hospitals. hospitals and health systems.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Teams reported new findings about radiation-induced secondary cancers, a new guidance system for radiation therapy, and the consequences of insurance denials, among other topics. Overall, a significant proportion of insurance denials led to delays in treatment, changes to the treatments that patients ultimately were able to receive, or both.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 21, 2023

A substantial number of Americans who could benefit from early detection of these four cancers use are not screened, even though the screening tests must be provided without any out-of-pocket costs for almost everyone with health insurance.” Fendrick directs the U-M Center for Value Based Insurance Design.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 8, 2024

Overall, patients reporting financial hardship were more likely to be Black, Medicaid insured, and to live in neighborhoods with high deprivation levels. The hospital's IT department provided a weekly report of patients reporting financial hardship. Of the total study cohort, 10.6% reported financial hardship.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

Recruitment, a nationwide shortage of radiologists, and after-hours utilization contributed to the decision, according to Jackie Jones, assistant radiology director at DCH, who confirmed for the Alabama Daily News that interventional radiology service changes were effective as of June 1 and are intended to maximize hospital resources.

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Capitol Imaging Services

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Another benefit to choosing a Capitol Imaging Services center is that while screening mammograms are covered by the Affordable Care Act (with the 3D option covered by some health insurance plans), any additional imaging that follows the screening is subject to health insurance coverage and any deductibles.

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Ben White

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Just last week I was at a hospital where they told me: We have our own sales team now. We have hospitals with commercial departments and procurement teams, all staffing people with no background in healthcare at all. In recent decades, healthcare has been colonised by lawyers. Now you’re in opposing camps. It’s crazy!

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Capitol Imaging Services

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Take your insurance information with you. Bring your insurance cards and information with you to your appointment and mention any changes to your insurance since the last time you visited. Yes, it came be somewhat complicated, especially navigating through the maze of prices and health insurance coverage options.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 26, 2023

A steady increase in the volume of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams is occurring, especially at mid- to high-level community hospitals across the country. If staff choose the right subgroup of patients to examine with CCTA imaging, they can save their hospital, healthcare system, and insurance companies a lot of money.

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Aidoc

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When defining value within radiology, it may be the case that governments are not ready to reimburse hospitals and doctors for an AI-based tool, but the absence of this financial component does not call into question the value of the technology. The majority of both hospital-based and outpatient imaging is negative.

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