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Bayer RSNA Video

U.S. Radiology departments navigating CT market challenges—supply disruptions and rising demand for contrast and delivery—need reliable partners. Hear Bayer leads explain how Bayer helps provide steady supply and innovations to support CT imaging and patient care.

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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year. 

Cigna

The Connecticut-based payer is labeling peripheral nerve stimulation, used to treat chronic pain, as medically unnecessary, with the Society of Interventional Radiology and others questioning the rationale. 

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Bipartisan lawmakers previously introduced the No Surprises Act Enforcement Act last summer, seeking to close loopholes in the landmark legislation. 

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Members of Congress caution that the fee could be especially consequential for rural and urban safety net hospitals, which could be pushed “to their financial brink” if they are required to absorb the charge.

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Experts believe the imaging agent "has the potential to meaningfully advance early diagnosis, change the treatment paradigm and improve patient outcomes."

Rich Fabian, Medical Imaging Technology at AdvaMed Imaging chair of board, a medtech industry group made up of medical imaging companies to address higher level public policy concerns, explains key reimbursement issues impacting medical imaging.

Chairman Rich Fabian says AdvaMed Imaging is concerned about low Medicare pay rates and onerous rules created by private insurers. 

 

COVID-19 medical imaging examples of various clinical presentations. SARS-CoV-2 clinical imaging presentations.

This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.

In-house radiology 3D printing could produce significant savings.

A 3D printer investment could "pay for itself after just a few prints,” new data suggest.

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Artificial Intelligence offers organizations value that extends beyond just payments, new survey data suggest.

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MRI is an essential tool for diagnosing and managing the disease, but poor image quality and interpretation variability continue to hinder its widespread adoption

Medicare

Medicare is reassigning one CPT code for SPECT scans, which will result in a 57% reduction in reimbursement for certain imaging exams. 

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Ziad Ali, MD, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography is creating a major shift in cardiac care.