Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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Use of ‘financial coping strategies’ common among patients unable to shoulder high imaging costs

Responses to hefty out-of-pocket costs include decreasing household spending, dipping into savings, or taking on debt, experts detailed in JACR. 

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Imaging among the costliest, most prevalent low-value services delivered at children’s hospitals

CT for abdominal pain was the No. 1 priciest low-value service in the ED, tallying $1.8M in costs in 2019. 

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Independent radiologists, who bill separately for imaging, muddying hospital price transparency efforts

Reimbursement for such practitioners is often nontrivial and could create a substantial financial burden for patients who don't expect to receive additional bills, experts wrote in JAMA. 

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Common causes of ‘emotional harm’ adverse events in the radiology department

Investigations of this phenomenon in the specialty are lacking and likely underreported, experts detailed in Radiology. 

Primary care docs order fewer imaging exams when seeing patients via video or phone

That according to a new large-scale analysis from Kaiser Permanente, published in JAMA Network Open.  

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CMS’ oncology alternative payment model reduced utilization of imaging services in Medicare

The alternative payment model was associated with modest changes, including about 46 fewer imaging services used per 1,000 care episodes, experts wrote in JAMA. 

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Mammography screening rates low among transgender and nonbinary patients. 2 possible fixes

Gendering of anatomy is one screening barrier, with terms such as "breasts" often discomforting for certain patients, experts wrote recently. 

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Pandemic provides priority-setting opportunity to scrutinize low-value imaging, experts say

After COVID-related disruptions let up last year, the use of certain exams did not return at the same rate as prior to 2020, according to new data.

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