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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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Medicare

Radiology pushes for doc fix as government funding deadline looms

Momentum is building for the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, the AMA notes, with 99 bipartisan co-sponsors in the House. 

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Using CT imaging to opportunistically screen for osteoporosis could save Medicare upward of $2.5B

Only about 11% to 18% of eligible patients receive recommended bone density scans, but CT images gathered for other purposes could fill this gap. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield BCBS

Radiology advocacy pays off, with BCBS affiliate revoking controversial imaging pay policy

The American Society of Neuroradiology said Tuesday it is "delighted" with the decision, which pertains to a key MRI contrast agent. 

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Radiology practice network LucidHealth signs $25M deal with vendor Visage Imaging

Under the agreement, the Columbus, Ohio, provider group will implement the cloud-based Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform across its organization. 

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. and ImagineSoftware announced an integration agreement to integrate the ImagineOne artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform for automated radiology billing with Konica Minolta’s Exa PACS-RIS solution.

Konica Minolta and ImagineSoftware partner to expand revenue cycle management offerings

Konica Minolta partnered with ImagineSoftware to integrate its AI-driven revenue cycle management platform into the Exa PACS-RIS solution. 

David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, deputy chief, radiology enterprise service, Mass General Brigham, explains details of a recent AJR article that showed imaging outside of hospitals could potentially save billions.

Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

RadNet CEO Howard Berger

RadNet sees rocky 2025 start, with severe weather leading to $22M revenue loss

Meanwhile, RadNet saw a strong finish to 2024, with a company record of $477 million in fourth quarter revenue. 

Biograph whole-body MRI

Biograph, a new whole-body MRI startup, launches with $7,500 membership fee

The company has already opened its first location in San Mateo, California, with another to follow in New York City, collecting over 1,000 datapoints from 30-plus exams.  

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Around the web

Health Imaging
American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

Health Imaging
AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.