Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Dose reduction at pediatric CT possible with ASIR

Radiation dose reduction at pediatric CT has been achieved with 40 percent adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) used as a dose reduction tool only, according to a study published in the January 2014 issue of Radiology. 

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Patients lured to CT trials by promise of free health info, benefit to society

Participants enlisted in research studies using coronary CT imaging cited additional health information, free imaging, and the altruistic benefit to society as motivating participation factors, according to a study published in the January issue of Academic Radiology. 

Two guilty pleas offered in San Antonio military radiology fraud case

A pair of former radiology officials submitted plea deals in response to fraud charges in connection to a San Antonio military medical center.

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Water leak damages Conn. hospital

The recent cold snap is being blamed for a burst sprinkler pipe that caused water to leak into multiple departments, including radiology, at John Dempsey Hospital, part of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn., according to an Associated Press report.

Ore. study reveals expanded Medicaid means more ED visits, not less

One of the tenets of the Affordable Care Act is that once people receive healthcare coverage that allows them to access traditional primary care services, they will stop relying on expensive emergency department visits for care that could be delivered in another setting. Or will they?

Diversity lacking in diagnostic radiology physician workforce

Regardless of an available medical student pipeline, females and minorities in medicine remain underrepresented as diagnostic radiology residents in comparison with the U.S. population, according to a study published in the January 2014 issue of Radiology.

Benchmarking makes ACO success difficult

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) rewards incremental rather than sustained health care savings, a shortcoming that needs to be addressed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to an article published online Dec. 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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Learning to live in an accountable care world

Value may have been the word of the year in radiology and across healthcare in general. At nearly every professional conference, speakers seemed laser-focused on the concept of shifting healthcare in the U.S. from a volume-based, fee-for-service model to a system that emphasizes value and patient-centered care.

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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.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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