Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

I-MED Radiology Network

Private equity-backed I-MED, Australia’s largest imaging provider, enters US with teleradiology acquisition

The company is acquiring San Diego-based StatRad, which employs 90-plus radiologists in the States, reading for hundreds of clients every day. 

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Philips recalling MRI coils amid concern they could overheat and burn patients

The safety notice applies to the Sense XL 1.5T and 3T coils, which are 16-element, receive-only products used in imaging of the torso and abdomen.  

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17 short-term strategies to address the national radiologist shortage

"This article will serve as a landmark reference for navigating short-term labor challenges in radiology," explains one editorial about the suggestions.

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‘SR’ onboards another independent practice, its 1st in the Natural State

The private-practice coalition Strategic Radiology, aka “SR,” has added Arkansas to the 30 or so states in which its 1,700+ radiologists operate.

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AUC is dead. Long live AUC.

Six months after CMS effectively suspended its Appropriate Use Criteria program, some radiologists are planning to carry AUC principles forward anyway.

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Strategic Radiology signs on with Qure.ai

A coalition of independent imaging practices is partnering with a radiology AI startup specialized in automated interpretation algorithms.

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Radiology Business Management Association offers 5 ways for Congress to fix broken Medicare system

“It is crucial to implement an annual payment update that keeps pace with inflation," RBMA President Bob Still wrote to Senate finance leaders June 14. 

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Remote care management boosts patients’ satisfaction while saving them $613,000 over 2 years

Memorial Sloan Kettering established a radiation oncology telehealth program to expand access and provide care closer to home.

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.