Providence, one of the largest not-for-profit Catholic health systems, has tapped Sara Vaezy as its new executive vice president and chief digital officer.

As COVID-19 pressed hospitals to postpone procedures, reorient priorities and learn new ways to soldier on in service of the sick, one medical specialty distinguished itself as well prepared to lead by example, several observers suggest.

Linda Wilgus, CPA, CMPE, executive director and chief financial officer of Northwest Radiology Network and a past president of the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), explains the importance of the Physician Practice Information Survey CMS in calculating radiology reimbursements.

This marks the 1st time in the survey’s 11-year history that physicians across all areas of expertise earned a pay increase, including radiologists, who gained 6%, Medscape reported Friday.  

The move allows Empire State NPs to order and interpret diagnostic tests without requiring a written practice agreement from a physician. 

Government prosecutors rested their case on Wednesday, April 13, with the fate of DaVita and its former CEO now in the hands of a jury. 

Radiology and other specialties should reimagine a system requiring numerous separate visits for breast, lung, prostate, cervical, colorectal, and skin cancer, editorialists argued.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has named Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS, as its next editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and JAMA Network.