Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

Federal health officials award $30M for ‘groundbreaking’ brain study utilizing imaging

University of California, San Diego, researchers said the grant will bolster their HEALthy study, investigating normal and atypical brain development trajectories.

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Imaging advocate warns innovation likely to languish if lawmakers don’t act on ‘breakthrough’ device rule

The policy is needed to ensure regulatory pathways keep pace with innovation, which is only expected to accelerate, one expert said recently.

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American College of Radiology proposes 5 imaging-related CPT codes for re-evaluation

The college said the codes are related to X-ray contrast of the knee and ultrasound guidance, among others.

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Radiology services account for $2B of overall spending on cancer care

That's the second most expensive service item contributing to cancer's $156.2 billion price tag in 2018, experts reported Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.

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Radiologists among the most in-demand health workers, earning No. 5 highest starting salary

The specialty came in just below non-interventional cardiologists' $446K average and well-behind invasive heart docs' whopping $611K.

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Hospital system sues insurer for $1B over losses from imaging, other tests during COVID-19

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network alleges its insurer refused to pay upwards of $100K for losses "well in excess of $250,000," according to a new report.

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Latest injury verdict against company with ‘defective’ IVC filters brings payouts to $7M

A federal jury recently determined C.R. Bard's filter led to serious complications after fracturing inside a patient, awarding more than $386,000 in damages.

Nearly half of patients liable for secondary imaging interpretation costs—many can’t afford it

Individual's out-of-pocket payments did not fully cover their costs in 68% of situations, Emory University experts explained in JACR.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

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