Practice Management

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

Smartwatches reduce physician burnout while improving resilience
Radiation oncologists and other specialists wore the devices for six months at two pilot institutions, with promising initial results.
Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive
Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.
American College of Radiology criticizes BCBS affiliate’s reimbursement policy change
Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377).
Patients file $5M class-action lawsuit against 1 of America’s oldest radiology practices
"Jane Doe,” who is under 18, and legal representatives claim Radiology Associates of Richmond failed to safeguard private health information.
Pioneering private practice and its 68 physicians join Strategic Radiology
North Carolina-based Eastern Radiologists announced the move on Tuesday, marking the 46th practice to join SR and eighth in the Tar Heel State.

Signs that a radiology practice merger is (or isn’t) working

Harbingers of an unsuccessful M&A deal can include decreased productivity and work quality, along with squabbling between coworkers or frequent sick days.

Could enticing retired radiologists back into practice help solve the workforce crisis?

Employing a "silver squad" of former physicians to decompress work lists should be a "strong consideration" for any practice, one expert argued.

Radiology revenue cycle management firm Advocate RCM to merge with private equity-backed Ventra Health

Under terms of the deal, Advocate will become a division of Ventra, while its leaders will retain their roles in the newly combined company.

Siemens Healthineers inks ‘unprecedented’ $131M partnership with large health system

Varian said it plans to work closely with Nova Scotia Health to develop a new "digital imaging concept," the two organizations announced Jan. 4.

Errors in imaging orders occur occasionally. How 1 institution reduced them by 83%

This is an under-examined phenomenon, experts note, with common reasons including selecting the wrong modality, technique, anatomy or contrast.

Video of Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Clinical Radiology and Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, offering tips to retain radiologists. #greatresignation #ACR #RSNA #radiology

Improving recruitment and retention in radiology

Geraldine McGinty, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how practices can retain radiologists during the Great Resignation in healthcare.

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Program for closing loop on follow-up imaging recommendations generates $1M in revenue, covers FTE costs

Such a "safety net" team also can help to reduce diagnostic errors due to missed and delayed diagnoses, Brigham and Women's experts detailed in JACR.

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Radiology provider Envision Healthcare signs in-network agreement with BCBS

The Nashville-based multispecialty group said the deal will provide millions of plan holders in Texas with access to its physicians and other APPs.

Practice Management

Smartwatches reduce physician burnout while improving resilience

Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive

American College of Radiology criticizes BCBS affiliate’s reimbursement policy change

Patients file $5M class-action lawsuit against 1 of America’s oldest radiology practices

Pioneering private practice and its 68 physicians join Strategic Radiology