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AuntMinnie
JANUARY 27, 2025
Looking at the settings for CT procedures in 2024, 43% of these exams were performed in an emergency setting; 36% in an outpatient setting; and 20% in an inpatient setting. IMV's 2024 CT Market Outlook Report explores market trends in U.S.
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Radiology Business
AUGUST 7, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed the news under the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released on Aug.
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AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
In contrast, the percentage of MRI procedures performed in an emergency hospital setting increased two percentage points, to 14%, and the percentage performed in an inpatient hospital setting increased three percentage points, to 20%. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division.
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AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
The study was published January 30 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. To explore the value of the procedure, the researchers compared inpatient length of stay (LOS), in-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission rate, and total hospitalization cost between percutaneous ablation and EBRT.
Radiology Business
AUGUST 7, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed the news under the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released on Aug.
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Radiology Business
JANUARY 23, 2025
Fewer than 2% of hospitalized inpatients underwent ablation for renal cell carcinoma, despite its lower cost and other benefits.
Radiology Business
JUNE 14, 2024
ACR’s June comments come in response to the 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released by CMS in April.
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Radiology Business
JUNE 19, 2023
The agency is proposing a new electronic clinical quality measure for inpatients tied to "excessive radiation dose or inadequate image quality."
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Radiology Business
MAY 12, 2023
Between 2020-2021 (and amid the pandemic), interventional consult volumes climbed 13%, while consult-specific payments leapt by 84%, experts detailed.
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Radiology Business
APRIL 14, 2023
The agency also is proposing a new measure in the IQR program related to excessive radiation dose or inadequate image quality via CT.
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AuntMinnie
MAY 28, 2024
Compliant billing for remote reading services is not always as straightforward as normal onsite billing, and radiology practices must be aware of the requirements of each payer, most especially those of Medicare and other government programs. The same would apply for a registered hospital outpatient if services were provided elsewhere.
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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% and from 44.8%
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AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
POCUS allows for real-time evaluation and administration of treatment, without reliance on facility-based scanning, i.e. radiology departments, and avoidance of unnecessary tertiary care referral is a major benefit, he added. The clinical implementation of point-of-care ultrasound is making steady progress. Courtesy of Dr. Cher Heng Tan.
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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.
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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%
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AuntMinnie
JULY 1, 2024
The results were published on June 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Cardiology is the only non-radiology specialty that interprets a large percentage of advanced imaging -- CT, MR, and NM -- but only cardiac [exams]." This overall percentage varied by modality, the group reported: 97.3% for CT 91% for MRI 76.6%
AuntMinnie
MARCH 7, 2025
Radiology practices often participate in the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The MIPS Quality performance category scoring has been modified for 2025, which could have a positive effect for radiology practices. The completeness criteria remain at 75%.
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Aidoc
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Radiology plays a crucial role in modern medicine, answering essential diagnostic questions pertaining to nearly every pathology facing clinicians. The Impact on Patients and Clinical Management A 2024 study in the Journal of Clinical Imaging found that 68% of surveyed radiology practices had unreported radiology exams.
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AuntMinnie
JANUARY 18, 2024
The findings could make busy radiology departments more efficient, wrote a team led by Ryan Chung, MD. Inpatient exams 3.5 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.
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AuntMinnie
MARCH 21, 2024
A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City. ng/ml to 0.63 ng/ml at five years.
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AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Who made it to the final round in the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's event recognizing excellence in radiology? Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. Most Effective Radiology Educator Francis Deng, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine Francis Deng, MD.
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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. All service lines run through us. The group is unable to afford hiring radiologists in the current market. Negotiations with the hospital have yielded minimal results. What is a group to do?
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AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
It's definitely possible to reduce CT contrast volume, even in a busy radiology department, according to CT supervisor Gulnoor Sheriff at the University of Washington Medical Center, Montlake, in Seattle. It has become crucial to conserve contrast," Sheriff said. "We We don't want to overuse or underuse it."
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JVIR
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a structured academic inpatient rounding service by interventional radiologists on revenue generation through conscientious billing practices.
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AuntMinnie
MAY 13, 2024
However, purchasing an algorithm for radiology occurs at the hospital level, Davis said, recalling when purchasing was easier pre-COVID. As associate professor and vice chair of medical informatics in the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at Yale, Davis said her office frequently receives AI vendor requests.
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JVIR
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
To analyze the causes, lengths, and costs associated with inpatient interventional radiology (IR) procedural delays and the financial impact on a 2-year period analysis.
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AuntMinnie
JUNE 27, 2024
While the American College of Radiology (ACR) publishes typical observed doses in its Dose Index Registry , there are few published doses that are defined as excessive, and without a defined passing dose, it is hard for a physician to calibrate doses. JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):666-675. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0064.
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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 for Annalise.ai's Enterprise CTB Triage - OH, the American College of Radiology (ACR) noted in a final rule summary.
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Everything Rad
JULY 17, 2023
Reading Time: 5 minutes read Radiology administrators at AHRA share their strategies. What is the biggest challenge currently facing radiology administrators? The answer from radiology administrators attending AHRA 2023 was unanimous: attracting and retaining radiology staff.
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AuntMinnie
MAY 3, 2024
Led by MR safety officer and radiologic technologist Jean Ellis-Land and fellow technologists Katherine Sedler and Monica Weiser, the program began by using surveys and observations to assess needs. We developed a step-by-step guide describing exactly how to clear and scan an inpatient with a CIED per our policy.
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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). Christensen et al.’s After identifying OON claims, claims were then batched via simulated IDR rules.
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AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
It specifies the adoption of a new quality measure into the diagnostic radiology set of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) called Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults, with the goal of improving patient safety by optimizing CT radiation dose.
AuntMinnie
JULY 29, 2024
Of all chest x-rays performed, 44 (70%) showed no significant radiological change and 19 showed minor radiographic changes. Over a 13-month study period, out of 248 patients, 63 had chest x-rays after chest tube removal, with the majority (n = 43, 68%) ordered routinely and 15 (24%) ordered for symptoms or changes in vital signs. days vs. 2.3
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Imaging Technology
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
This technology has the potential to reduce burnout and allow physicians to spend more time with patients, which may ultimately lead to better outcomes," added Dreyer, who is an Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School , Dreyer head of the MGH & BWH Center for Clinical Data Science (CCDS).
Imaging Technology
JANUARY 24, 2024
This Journal of the American College of Radiology study was based on 80 million commercial radiology claims (2007-2021) for individuals covered by a large commercial payer. “The The overall radiology OON rate decreased from one in eight claims in 2007 to only one in ninety claims.
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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. Current problems in diagnostic radiology vol. 7 AI can help alleviate some of this pressure. Radiol Res Pract.
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Imaging Technology
JULY 3, 2024
of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% 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. According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% of ultrasound.
Imaging Technology
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
a provider of enterprise follow-up management and discovery software, announces the ability of their Discovery360 services to offload the follow-up responsibility from radiology and enable the entire health system to efficiently participate in the management of patients' Actionable Incidental Findings (AIFs).
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." There must be sufficiently trained radiology staff to avoid [injuring] people, [and that's why] MRI radiographers must be in charge in all MRI areas."
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JVIR
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Clinically oriented interventional radiology (IR) is defined by its emphasis on patient-centered services such as inpatient rounding, patient follow-up, periprocedural involvement, and patient-physician relationships.
Premier Radiology Services
AUGUST 10, 2021
What Determines the Cost of Radiology Services in Healthcare? How To Add Stability and Lower Costs for Imaging Services One of the biggest line item expenses for imaging facilities is radiology reading services. In containing radiology out-of-pocket costs, complexity poses the most difficult challenge.
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Imaging Technology
OCTOBER 10, 2023
A digital Command Center solution that leverages technology and insights at the enterprise-level through a cloud-based digital hub for UH’s radiology department.
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Imaging Technology
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The ARRS Distinguished Educator award recognizes outstanding individuals in the field of medical imaging who have a proven record of improving radiological education and remain committed to creating and implementing new and innovative educational activities. Naeger, MD , as the 2024 ARRS Distinguished Educator.
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Direct Radiology
APRIL 30, 2020
Front-line doctors, nurses and administrators are reconfiguring inpatient units, closing many outpatient services, and making difficult decisions that no one could have prepared for. Dr. Brian Stainken, Chair of the Department of Radiology at Stamford Health, needed to establish a new teleradiology platform and network in only one week.
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