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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Patients who visit providers via telemedicine undergo significantly fewer imaging exams

Researchers with the Neiman Health Policy Institute recently investigated how COVID-related care site shifts impacted diagnostic radiology, sharing their findings in JACR

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Health system buys full ownership of imaging center jointly held by pioneering radiology group

IU Health has purchased 100% control of the radiology facility located on Landmark Avenue in the community of Bloomington. 

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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes CPT code, $1,000 payment amount for imaging AI software

CMS is suggesting such reimbursement for coronary plaque analysis software, offered by vendors Cleerly, Elucid and HeartFlow. 

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Reimbursement for contrast-enhanced mammography is on the rise

New global survey data suggest organizations have not let the lack of reimbursement affect their decision to implement CEM. 

Alan Matsumoto, MD, chairman of Board for the American College of Radiology, explains Medicare cuts over the past 20 years lowered physician payments 33% and they can no longer cover expenses. The "Big Beautiful Bill" helps addressing this, but fails to make up decades of cuts to physician pay.

ACR says Medicare physician payments are unsustainable, urges congressional action

Alan Matsumoto, MD, chair of the American College of Radiology board, discusses how cuts over the past 20 years have lowered physician payments 33%. 

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American College of Radiology assembles experts to investigate economics of AI

Their mission is to address the lack of Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance reimbursement for AI tools used in medical imaging. 

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Radiology Partners launches new technology services division

The country’s largest imaging group—with 4,000 radiologists working across all 50 states—is rolling out an offshoot called Mosaic Clinical Technologies. 

Suman Tandon, MD, FASNC, a cardiac imager at St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, in Rosyln, New York, and an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) representative to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD), explains ASNC’s call on Congress for to reduce prior authorization, appropriate use mandates and to make Medicare payment reforms.

ASNC lobbies Congress to curb prior authorization, oppose AUC mandates and embrace payment reform

Suman Tandon, MD, an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology board member, explains the group's call on Congress to update a number of healthcare policies.