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Cash cost for imaging often lower than payer-negotiated price, with widespread variation across hospitals

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Providers are less likely to reveal prices for more expensive services, which might suggest "strategic disclosing decisions," experts wrote in JAMA. 

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Imaging volume trends offer key clues as providers prioritize resources amid COVID-19 disruptions

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Demand for radiology services requiring anesthesia increased during the pandemic, signaling the importance of preserving such appointment times.

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Antitrust regulators approve Microsoft’s nearly $20B purchase of Nuance Communications

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With its technology currently used by about 75% of radiologists, Nuance hopes the deal will close by early 2022. 

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GE Healthcare finalizes $1.45 billion acquisition in bid to broaden ultrasound business

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The imaging industry giant is acquiring BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners in an all-cash deal, boosting its ultrasound portfolio to a $3B business line.

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Biden administration announces new actions to help hospitals keep up with omicron

The feds are making a large push to expand testing, setting up new sites across the U.S. and sending 500 million free kits to Americans beginning Jan. 1.

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An industry first: FDA authorizes marketing of laser-assisted IVC filter removal device

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The Philips CavaClear Laser Sheath earned the agency’s breakthrough device designation back in July.

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Multi-organ focused-ultrasound fails to reduce hospital stays for patients with a cardiopulmonary diagnosis

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The nearly 12 hour difference for patients who received ultrasound-directed care was not significant enough to make a clinical impact.

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FDA approves rivaroxaban for treating, preventing blood clots in pediatric patients

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recommendation that all infants and young children who receive iodinated contrast media (ICM) undergo thyroid testing. The group pushed back against this proposal, emphasizing that implementation would have “far-reaching consequences.”

The direct oral anticoagulant is now approved for 11 different indications. 

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AI helps radiologists and non-specialists detect fractures on X-rays, but experts remain dubious

Cheryl Petersilge, MD, MBA, with the department of regional radiology at the Cleveland Clinic, examined enterprise imaging—and how radiologists must integrate and collaborate with other departments. Her clinical perspective clinical perspective was published online in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Tech-assisted interpretations were completed 6.3 seconds faster per person, but musculoskeletal specialists aren't sure it's ready for a clinical environment.

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MRI accurately detects and reveals characteristics of serous borderline ovarian tumors

"Accurate diagnosis and classification of SBOT prior to surgery are crucial for preoperative surgical planning and postoperative treatment," researchers underscored in the European Journal of Radiology.

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