Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Behavioral ‘nudges’ significantly increase adherence to regular mammography screening

Penn Medicine experts conducted two randomized clinical trials, with women receiving text message reminders, bulk orders or letters endorsed by their PCP. 

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Patients miss nearly 24% of outpatient imaging appointments, with most due to cancellation

Patients who are younger, unwed, live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, or lack adequate insurance are more likely to miss their exams.  

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Contextualized vs. structured reports—which templates are better?

Contextualized reports differ from structured reports in that they focus on specific clinical indications, rather than a basic standardized checklist of anatomical regions that does not always address a particular concern.

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Wife of radiologist who drove family off a cliff asks for his charges to be dismissed

Dharmesh Patel is on trial for three counts of attempted murder—one for each of the passengers in his vehicle when he plunged it down a 250-foot cliff.

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A significant amount of imaging orders in emergency settings are inappropriate

A general lack of awareness pertaining to ACR appropriateness criteria could be a driving factor behind the misguided requisitions, authors of a new analysis suggest. 

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USPSTF finalizes new breast cancer screening recommendations that ACR says ‘do not go far enough’

The guidelines now urge all women to begin undergoing mammography every other year starting at age 40, with radiologists hoping for an annual recommendation. 

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Appeals court revives suit alleging radiology practice used nonmedical-grade monitors to submit $6M in false claims

The case dates to June 2019 when whistleblower and Arizona IT executive Eric Stenson first filed suit against Tucson-based Radiology Limited. 

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Reads completed on 'less sophisticated' monitors have radiology group refuting claims of billing fraud in court

The suit claims the group wrongfully billed CMS for over $6 million in image reads that did not qualify for Medicare reimbursement due to the subpar computer monitors used to view the studies.