Practice Management: Fighting corporatization | Kerfuffle over IR referrals | Shortages persist | Private practice struggles

Kevin Kadakia, MD, MBA, and Tarang Patel, DO, officially announced the rollout of Radiology One March 1 with a team of 25-plus rads. 

Urologists are increasingly delivering prostate artery embolization in partnership with IRs, but Adam Lustig, MD, worries this is a slippery slope. 

In the next 30 years, the supply of radiologists is expected to grow by nearly 26%, assuming no increases in the number of new residents, experts wrote in JACR. 

Ben White, MD, a Texas neuroradiologist and writer, recently posed the question on his blog and offered five possible reasons why life is hard for this model of care. 

The profession led the way with average hourly pay of about $281.27, based on answers from 2,653 rads across 78 departments. 

Women covered by Medicaid are about 38% likelier to undergo uterine artery embolization, according to new research from the Neiman Health Policy Institute. 

Medical groups have become an attractive PE target in recent years, with investors acquiring about 1,000 such entities between 2010 and 2020, experts write in JAMA.  

“Radiology, by nature, presents a unique challenge to physician well-being,” Cody R. Johnson, MD, and colleagues write in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator recently inked a partnership with a Florida OB-GYN group and plans to "aggressively" pursue similar opportunities. 

The Nashville, Tennessee-based business is teaming with the Medical University of South Carolina to open multiple locations across the Palmetto State. 

The call to action comes from a poll of over 500 specialists at a single academic institution, published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.  

“Understanding the disparities in diagnostic breast imaging can facilitate the development of interventions that aim to close gaps," says Marissa B. Lawson, MD.