Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

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S&P outlook highlights ‘heavy consolidation activity,’ fragmentation in radiology sector

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings shared its outlook following US Radiology Specialists' largest acquisition in its four-year history. 

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Building a business case for launching radiology-led 3D printing at the point of care

The specialty is centrally positioned to take the lead in this emerging field and enhance its contributions to healthcare, experts wrote in RadioGraphics

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Diagnostic radiology absorbed a 44% Medicare reimbursement reduction over the last decade

The numbers appear “troublesome” and offer strong evidence of the need for reform, experts wrote in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

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Radiology dominates image-guided bone pain relief market, but other specialties present growing threat

Pain management specialists and neurosurgeons have recorded the largest gains in osseous ablation delivery among Medicare beneficiaries, according to new research. 

Empowering radiologists to track referral trends using 'do-it-yourself' business intelligence tools

Info that was previously only privy to operations staff could change rads' behavior, incentivizing them to increase interactions with referrers. 

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Medicare spending on diagnostic radiology services fell $890M below expected levels in 2020

COVID-19 has taken a sizable bite out of physicians’ finances, and the AMA is now using such data to convince officials not to further reduce pay. 

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Intelerad acquiring Ambra Health, forming $1.7B enterprise-imaging and PACS powerhouse

Together they'll read more than 130 million exams annually and serve 2,000 customers including the 10 top U.S. hospitals, the two said. 

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Alliance Healthcare Services plans to ‘vigorously defend’ against ‘unfounded’ PACS-breach lawsuit

Patients recently filed a proposed class-action suit against Alliance and Northeast Radiology, claiming the 2 were lax in responding to a cybersecurity incident last year. 

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The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.