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.

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RadNet sees quarterly revenue climb to ‘record’ $432M with double-digit growth across multiple modalities

Comparing only imaging centers that operated both quarters, MRI volumes increased 10% compared to Q1 of 2023 while PET/CT was up more than 15%. 

May 9, 2024
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Casper Medical Imaging & Outpatient Radiology expands into new state

Based in its namesake Wyoming community, the rural private practice is growing eastward, opening a new outpatient center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. 

May 9, 2024
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Radiologists meet with CMS to press for coverage of crucial CT screening exam

Staffers with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were "attentive to the discussion and requested supporting documentation," ACR reported. 

May 9, 2024
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Samsung to acquire ultrasound artificial intelligence firm Sonio for more than $92M

Founded in 2020, the Paris-based firm offers products to aid physicians in assessing and documenting OB/GYN scans. 

May 8, 2024
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Radiologist-founded startup Rad AI raises $50M in Series B financing

The company, which offers software to help physicians save time and alleviate burnout, will use the funds to expand global availability of its generative AI solutions.

May 8, 2024
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Nearly 70% drop in volume precedes private practice’s decision to join Radiology Partners

Glenwood Spring, Colorado-based Mountain Radiology first engaged in discussions about a partnership with RP in early 2020. 

May 8, 2024
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Lack of reimbursement hindering AI adoption, American College of Radiology warns Congress

Determining how to reimburse for healthcare artificial intelligence is likely to be a “complex policy challenge,” CEO William T. Thorwarth Jr., MD, wrote May 6. 

May 8, 2024
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Medicare on solid ground for now but headed for fiscal quicksand

Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund has the wherewithal to pay the full bill for beneficiaries’ stays in hospitals, hospice sites and skilled nursing facilities for the next 12 years. But what then? 

May 7, 2024