“Interventional Radiology training inherently involves specialty-specific characteristics that make in-person interviews particularly valuable,” the APDIR contends.
Many patients mistake auto-text messages from providers as opportunities to interact with the sender. When this happens, the patient often tries to communicate about more than just appointment scheduling.
A coalition of municipalities and nonprofits is challenging the changes to the Affordable Care Act, arguing that low-cost, low-value coverage options flooding the market will ultimately cause 3 million people to lose their necessary medical insurance.
Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377).
“Clinicians should carefully weigh the additional resource utilization against the potential benefit," Yale University emergency medicine experts write in JACR.
Jonathan R. Medverd, MD, emphasized the valuable role such professionals play on physician-led teams, but emphasized they do not have the skills to interpret medical images.
