Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Medical image-sharing startup PocketHealth balloons fundraising to nearly $23M

Founded in 2016, the company offers what it believes is the first “patient-centric” solution allowing consumers to instantly access their images.

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Moody’s upgrades RadNet’s outlook to ‘positive’ amid full recovery from COVID-19, improved financials

Analysts highlighted the imaging giant's “strong” competitive position, multifaceted revenue streams through the delivery of various imaging modalities, and payer diversity. 

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Imaging artificial intelligence startup Qure.ai raises $40M in new funding

First launched in 2016, the AI firm offers products that help docs read and interpret X-rays, CTs and ultrasounds “in less than a minute."

‘Dramatic’ rise in image-guided procedures performed by NPs and PAs rather than radiologists

The specialty has still performed the lion's share of thoracentesis and paracentesis, but advanced practice providers are making steady inroads, experts wrote in JACR

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DBT coverage mandates increase use but have no impact on patients’ out-of-pocket costs

More than a dozen states have required private payers to cover digital breast tomosynthesis, producing a $39 decrease in average price for the exam. 

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Navigating a radiology malpractice lawsuit in 8 steps

Many members of the specialty will face such a suit during their careers, and it is wise to take steps to prepare, experts wrote Monday in JACR. 

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Change Healthcare reportedly seeking ‘sizable’ breakup fee if UnitedHealth deal falls through

Members of the Nashville, Tennessee, imaging vendor’s board have recently discussed such a “reverse fee,” which was not part of its original agreement with UHG. 

A cardiac CT scan being performed on a Cardiograph dedicated cardiac CT scanner at a Duly Health and Care outpatient clinic. Photo by Dave Fornell

VIDEO: Office-based cardiac CT and FFR-CT offer a new business model

In a new video, Evans Pap­pas, MD, and Sujith Kalathiveetil, MD, both of Duly Health and Care in suburban Chicago, explain the shift toward office-based cardiac CT evaluations and the role of FFR-CT. 

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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.