| This Week’s News | The specialty’s $329,080 average salary placed it behind four other medical specialties, along with “athletes and sports competitors," according to the Department of Labor. The specialty’s $329,080 average salary placed it behind four other medical specialties, along with “athletes and sports competitors," according to the Department of Labor. | | |
| James McGuckin, MD, allegedly submitted more than 500 false claims for unnecessary vascular procedures between 2016 to 2019, the DOJ said. James McGuckin, MD, allegedly submitted more than 500 false claims for unnecessary vascular procedures between 2016 to 2019, the DOJ said. | | |
| The nation's largest insurer reportedly breached its contract with the PE-backed multispecialty group by “unilaterally reducing reimbursement rates.” The nation's largest insurer reportedly breached its contract with the PE-backed multispecialty group by “unilaterally reducing reimbursement rates.” | | |
| The Nanox.ARC utilizes novel, cold-cathode X-ray tubes and charges physicians using a “pay per scan” business model. The Nanox.ARC utilizes novel, cold-cathode X-ray tubes and charges physicians using a “pay per scan” business model. | | |
| “These evidence-based updates should spur more-informed doctor-patient conversations and help providers save more lives," the document's lead author said. “These evidence-based updates should spur more-informed doctor-patient conversations and help providers save more lives," the document's lead author said. | | |
| | The two hires come as radiology struggles to match other specialties in gender parity, with women holding only 17% of such roles. The two hires come as radiology struggles to match other specialties in gender parity, with women holding only 17% of such roles. | | |
| The pact comes as radiology practices fight to remain covered by the health plan of choice in their local service areas. The pact comes as radiology practices fight to remain covered by the health plan of choice in their local service areas. | | |
| Between 2003 and 2022, PE platform companies poured money into 724 oncology clinics, or about 10% of all locations. Between 2003 and 2022, PE platform companies poured money into 724 oncology clinics, or about 10% of all locations. | | |
| “Interestingly,” experts noted, despite such decreases, average payment amounts nearly tripled year-over-year, from $581 to $1,607 in 2020. “Interestingly,” experts noted, despite such decreases, average payment amounts nearly tripled year-over-year, from $581 to $1,607 in 2020. | | |
| In the same year three humans first orbited the moon, 1968, the sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick published Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The novel imagined a dark, futuristic society in which real people couldn’t be readily distinguished from lifelike androids. In the same year three humans first orbited the moon, 1968, the sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick published Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The novel imagined a dark, futuristic society in which real people couldn’t be readily distinguished from lifelike androids. | | |
| The college believes the move will sow confusion and is asking the agency to rescind its noncoverage determination. The college believes the move will sow confusion and is asking the agency to rescind its noncoverage determination. | | |
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