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Best of the Week: CON law scale-back | Thousands lose independence | RadNet's $700M cash balance | PE loophole
Saturday, June 8, 2024
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State scales back certificate-of-need law, making it easier to add new advanced imaging services

The measure removes requirements related to MRI and PET, along with freestanding EDs and ambulatory surgery centers. 

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State scales back certificate-of-need law, making it easier to add new advanced imaging services

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The measure removes requirements related to MRI and PET, along with freestanding EDs and ambulatory surgery centers. 
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Only 10 radiology practices completed survey used to adjust Medicare payments

The ACR shared its concerns about the lack of participation as the deadline approaches. 

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AMA chart showing Medicare update payments compared to the cost of practice inflation between 2001-2024. The ongoing AMA PPI survey will be used top recalculate radiology practice expenses, but only 10 practices so far has submitted data that will impact all radiology practices.
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Only 10 radiology practices completed survey used to adjust Medicare payments

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AMA chart showing Medicare update payments compared to the cost of practice inflation between 2001-2024. The ongoing AMA PPI survey will be used top recalculate radiology practice expenses, but only 10 practices so far has submitted data that will impact all radiology practices.
The ACR shared its concerns about the lack of participation as the deadline approaches. 
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Thousands of radiology practices have lost their independence amid waves of consolidation

Between 2015 and 2022, nearly 3,500 physician practices that provide radiology services disappeared from the Medicare Provider Data Log, according to the Neiman Health Policy Institute. 

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Thousands of radiology practices have lost their independence amid waves of consolidation

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Between 2015 and 2022, nearly 3,500 physician practices that provide radiology services disappeared from the Medicare Provider Data Log, according to the Neiman Health Policy Institute. 
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RadNet is sitting on almost $700M in cash. CEO Howard Berger, MD, discusses how he plans to deploy it

He discussed the Los Angeles-based imaging center operator's growth strategy during the Jefferies 2024 Global Healthcare Conference. 

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RadNet is sitting on almost $700M in cash. CEO Howard Berger, MD, discusses how he plans to deploy it

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RadNet CEO Howard Berger
He discussed the Los Angeles-based imaging center operator's growth strategy during the Jefferies 2024 Global Healthcare Conference. 
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Physician says states must close practice-ownership loopholes being exploited by private equity firms

Jason E. Liebowitz, MD, made his case in an opinion piece published by JAMA Internal Medicine on June 3. 

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Physician says states must close practice-ownership loopholes being exploited by private equity firms

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Jason E. Liebowitz, MD, made his case in an opinion piece published by JAMA Internal Medicine on June 3. 
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Radiology stakeholders weigh in on FTC’s exploration of how ‘corporate greed’ is impacting the specialty

The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and Health and Human Services recently launched an inquiry into private equity and other corporations’ “increasing control over healthcare." 

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Radiology stakeholders weigh in on FTC’s exploration of how ‘corporate greed’ is impacting the specialty

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The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and Health and Human Services recently launched an inquiry into private equity and other corporations’ “increasing control over healthcare." 
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Radiology provider LucidHealth names associate CMO, plus new department chairs at Vanderbilt, Dartmouth

In other news, former Envision Healthcare CEO Jim Rechtin is slated to take over the top post at insurer Humana on July 1, while AHRA elected new board members. 

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Radiology provider LucidHealth names associate CMO, plus new department chairs at Vanderbilt, Dartmouth

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In other news, former Envision Healthcare CEO Jim Rechtin is slated to take over the top post at insurer Humana on July 1, while AHRA elected new board members. 
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Radiology providers not responsible for breach notifications after Change cyberattack, HHS says

OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer emphasized that patients impacted by the incident “must be notified that their protected health information was breached.”

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Radiology providers not responsible for breach notifications after Change cyberattack, HHS says

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OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer emphasized that patients impacted by the incident “must be notified that their protected health information was breached.”
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Lung-RADS update helps limit false-positive results, unnecessary procedures

Using the latest version was associated with improved diagnostic accuracy, researchers wrote in a new analysis. 

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Lung cancer screening CT image in a 66-year-old male patient shows a sessile nodule with internal air in the left mainstem to left upper lobe bronchus (arrow) with a mean diameter of 10 mm. The nodule was assigned as Lung-RADS category 4A in the clinical report. (B) Follow-up CT image shows the lesion is resolved. Image courtesy of RSNA
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Lung-RADS update helps limit false-positive results, unnecessary procedures

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Lung cancer screening CT image in a 66-year-old male patient shows a sessile nodule with internal air in the left mainstem to left upper lobe bronchus (arrow) with a mean diameter of 10 mm. The nodule was assigned as Lung-RADS category 4A in the clinical report. (B) Follow-up CT image shows the lesion is resolved. Image courtesy of RSNA
Using the latest version was associated with improved diagnostic accuracy, researchers wrote in a new analysis. 
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PET imaging-agent developer Telix seeks to raise $200M through initial public offering

The Australian radiopharma firm's financial maneuver comes amid its roll out of the first targeted positron emission tomography agent for kidney cancer. 

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PET imaging-agent developer Telix seeks to raise $200M through initial public offering

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The Australian radiopharma firm's financial maneuver comes amid its roll out of the first targeted positron emission tomography agent for kidney cancer. 
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