Best of the Week: Telerads help ED cut turnaround times | Nationwide IR-urology partnership | Rad groups endorse staffing bill

Syracuse, New York-based Upstate Medical University had previously relied on rad residents to handle initial reads, with attendings finalizing interpretation in the a.m. 

The Urology Management Alliance is teaming with IR Centers, a platform company dedicated to offering minimally invasive procedures in outpatient settings. 

The Society of Interventional Radiology and American College of Radiology are thanking lawmakers for reintroducing the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act. 

Over 30 medical societies including the American College of Radiology recently wrote to CMS Administrator Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, to voice their concerns. 

The finding is based on an analysis of nearly 1.4 million office-based imaging claims, conducted by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute.  

The Chicago-based imaging giant has consulted with advisors about options to unload the division,
Bloomberg first reported Thursday. 
 

Sean Raj, MD, MBA, first joined the company in 2021 as chief innovation officer, since then playing a “pivotal role” in shaping its AI offerings. 
 

“It is not an exaggeration to say that the requirement of prior authorization for traditional Medicare services will kill seniors,” says Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. 

CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, explains how the consolidation of radiology practices has shifted how the college thinks about its processes. 

Breast imaging exams are about five times likelier to be canceled than other scan types, while contrast enhanced and ED-related requests were about twice as likely.