Practice Management

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

Radiology provider Akumin touts launch of its first movable PET/CT imaging centers
The Plantation, Florida, company first announced the initiative at RSNA 2024, offering clients new “relocatable and expandable” centers to be deployed across the U.S.
Private equity-backed Solis Mammography opens 3 new locations
The breast imaging group is launching two locations in Texas and marking its first foray into the Raleigh metro area, with more on the way in North Carolina.
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).

Physician burnout in the US is rising, presenting ‘potential threat’ to healthcare system, study asserts

That's according to three surveys of a multispecialty group of physicians (including radiologists), conducted during a five-year period.

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The 6 factors that most commonly fuel breast radiologists’ desire to leave a job

"The survey created here can be administered by radiology practices to predict when breast radiologists are vulnerable to quitting,” researchers detailed in JACR.

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Clinical decision support has little impact on image-ordering behaviors, single-center study finds

CDS only added 24 seconds to ordering clinicians' workflows and rarely led to these individuals changing their radiology request, experts wrote in JACR.

Radiology impacted by tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health workers on strike

The picket includes nearly 75,000 individuals, among them, ultrasound sonographers, radiologic technologists, home health aides and licensed vocational nurses.

GE HealthCare inks 10-year strategic collaboration with 20-hospital health system

Under terms of the deal, Cleveland-based University Hospitals will add “hundreds” of new radiology systems across its enterprise.

Consumer-oriented radiology reports a ‘promising’ strategy to improve patient-centered outcomes

Such reports helped improve preparedness for appointments, enhance conversations with physicians and bolster patients' understanding of treatment recommendations, survey responses show.

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Workload, pay reassessments may be necessary to address career satisfaction gaps between academic and private practice radiology

Physicians in teaching settings reported higher monthly reading volumes alongside heavier demands for nonclinical work, according to new survey data.

Rad Partners affiliate Radiology Alliance reaches multi-year pact, restoring in-network access with BCBS

“We are pleased to have them rejoin our networks, and we appreciate their partnership in serving our members,” said BlueCross EVP Scott Pierce.

Practice Management

Radiology provider Akumin touts launch of its first movable PET/CT imaging centers

Private equity-backed Solis Mammography opens 3 new locations

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