The first baby boomers are beginning to retire, signaling the beginning of unprecedented demand on the health-care system. How will radiology be affected?
Five pioneers in lung-cancer screening share strategies for setting up a program, managing screening-detected nodules, determining which nodules to biopsy (and how), and managing incidental findings
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, or HCAHPS, survey—now driving a portion of hospital revenue—touches radiology only tangentially, so it would be convenient to leave the patient experience to someone else.
Before January 2016, an estimated third of the outpatient installed CT base will need to be replaced, if providers wish to avoid the 5% penalty that Medicare will levy on exams acquired with outdated CT technology.
The annual mid-March report to Congress of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) often is a good predictor of things to come, many of which have rocked radiology’s boat since 2005.
