| This Week’s News | The pediatric patient was purportedly given a lethal dose of anesthesia prior to the imaging exam, according to media accounts. The pediatric patient was purportedly given a lethal dose of anesthesia prior to the imaging exam, according to media accounts. | | |
| The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year. The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year. | | |
| He and two co-conspirators entered into agreements with doctors that consisted of financial kickbacks drawn from Medicare reimbursements for unnecessary brain imaging ordered by providers. He and two co-conspirators entered into agreements with doctors that consisted of financial kickbacks drawn from Medicare reimbursements for unnecessary brain imaging ordered by providers. | | |
| At Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, this fractured approach had resulted in uneven technologist staffing, variable asset utilization and scheduling, and diverging modality quality and safety practices. At Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, this fractured approach had resulted in uneven technologist staffing, variable asset utilization and scheduling, and diverging modality quality and safety practices. | | |
| Interventional and diagnostic radiologists are leading the way in this surge, accounting for about 45% of IV RPT administrations, according to Medicare Part B claims. Interventional and diagnostic radiologists are leading the way in this surge, accounting for about 45% of IV RPT administrations, according to Medicare Part B claims. | | |
| The bill has drawn support from nearly 40 medical societies, including the Radiology Business Management Association, which applauded the proposal Feb. 17. The bill has drawn support from nearly 40 medical societies, including the Radiology Business Management Association, which applauded the proposal Feb. 17. | | |
| Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, also known as LATE, was recently recognized as a type of dementia that occurs in older adults. It typically presents as memory-related cognitive decline. Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, also known as LATE, was recently recognized as a type of dementia that occurs in older adults. It typically presents as memory-related cognitive decline. | | |
| 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. 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. | | |
| New imaging findings detail how women’s brains change during their second pregnancy, revealing the unique alterations in networks related to attention and response. New imaging findings detail how women’s brains change during their second pregnancy, revealing the unique alterations in networks related to attention and response. | | |
| On Feb. 19, the company announced the clearance of two new MRI systems and one artificial intelligence-enabled workflow platform. On Feb. 19, the company announced the clearance of two new MRI systems and one artificial intelligence-enabled workflow platform. | | |
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