For the fourth year in a row, nurse practitioners are the most in-demand provider position, according to new research from AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins). 

Lung transplant recipients are at an increased risk of osteoporosis following surgery and already must undergo multiple such scans following the procedure. 

South Carolina-based Prisma Health said it opened the facilities to better serve outpatients who require nonurgent imaging.  
 

Prior to adding the IR facility, Mercy said it believes potential patients were traveling outside the region to obtain IR services. 

John Tentinger, MD, has been working on the deal for about a decade, purchasing the 25-acre piece of land for $5.5 million in 2021. 

Capitol Radiology has provided outpatient imaging services to UMMS for 20 years, but the institution is working to open a new facility just 50 yards from its outpatient center. 

The Scottsdale, Arizona, radiology group believes that UHC's contract proposals "don’t recognize the escalating costs of continuing to provide safe and high-quality medical imaging." 

Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.