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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Canon rolls out quick-clean mobile CT for imaging ‘unprecedented number of potentially contagious patients’

The company claims claims its Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner can clean up following an exam in minutes, using an automated ultraviolet-light system. 

Optimism as imaging volume dip falls below 50% for first time since pandemic’s start

Radiology business has dropped precipitously since mid-March, as providers put off nonurgent exams until safer times, but one data firm sees reason for hope. 

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Radiology provider Envision Healthcare mulling bankruptcy as COVID-19 dries up business

The Nashville physician services firm has already hired restructuring advisers and is holding back pay from doctors. 

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How one radiology department is preparing for the oncoming ‘crisis after the crisis’

Radiologists are currently calculating what it will require to resume routine imaging in a climate that’s vastly different from the one they remember a few months prior.

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COVID-19 pandemic hampers Q1 financial results for imaging giant Philips

The Amsterdam-based corporation, however, has seen a slight uptick in orders for imaging systems during the coronavirus crisis. 

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More radiology providers trying coronavirus-only imaging centers to help maintain patient volumes

Penn State Health is one of the latest to continue this trend, opening a COVID-dedicated Radiology Annex at its Hershey Medical Center. 

Radiology practices should expect volume decreases as high as 70% for months, experts say

Based on anecdotal evidence and experience at their own institution, two Yale radiology experts believe businesses should expect at least three months of “dramatically reduced imaging revenue.” 

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97% of physician practices experiencing financial hardship during pandemic, ‘shocking’ survey finds

Another 55% said they’ve endured decreases in revenue since the public emergency started in the U.S. last month, and 60% reported dips in patient volume.

Around the web

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.