Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
“Understanding how these national patterns manifest within radiology departments is critical for optimizing staffing, credentialing, and quality improvement initiatives,” authors of a new analysis in Academic Radiology contend.
Boston Medical Center has sought to have patients self-identify for lung cancer screening, administering multilingual surveys while they wait for imaging appointments.
As organizations turn to external services for help, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders to evaluate how this practice impacts patient care and the bottom line.
Lung transplant recipients are at an increased risk of osteoporosis following surgery and already must undergo multiple such scans following the procedure.
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.