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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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UltraCon: Expert talks ultrasound's role in imaging dense breasts

AuntMinnie

With federal and state-level legislation mandating insurance coverage for supplemental breast imaging and providers disclosing breast density information to patients, it seems like ultrasound would have an immediate and important role in this area.

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

Intermountain Medical Imaging

With three outpatient imaging locations throughout Boise, Meridian, and Eagle, Intermountain Medical Imaging offers diagnostic imaging procedures in a calm and comforting environment, including MRI, CT, Ultrasound, X-ray, Interventional Radiology, and Mammography. “St. This new partnership between St.

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Have a High Deductible Health Insurance plan?

Capitol Imaging Services

According to the website, www.valuepenguin.com, “high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) were created for consumers to have a health insurance option with lower premiums and high deductibles. Insurance plans with a high deductible usually mean lower premium payments for employees. Capitol Imaging Services!

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Trial finds that screening MRI improves prostate cancer diagnosis

AuntMinnie

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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Is CEM or breast MRI better for breast cancer diagnosis?

AuntMinnie

Which modality is better for breast cancer diagnosis, contrast-enhanced mammography or dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI? Ultrasound offers another screening tool and can overcome some of mammography's limitations. Dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI has been available since 1984, while CEM was introduced in 2011.

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Understanding Breast Density and Your Screening Options

Intermountain Medical Imaging

Additional Screening Options for Dense Breasts If your mammogram shows you have dense breasts, consider these additional screenings: Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS): What it does: Detects small cancers that a mammogram might miss in dense breast tissue. The whole process takes about 15 minutes and provides clear 3D ultrasound images.