Practice Management

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

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Moonlighting during vacation? 5 short-term process changes to address the radiology workforce shortage

“Rather than working longer and/or faster, there are ways for radiologists to work smarter," researchers wrote in the American Journal of Roentgenology

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RadNet seeks to refinance $679M term loan, fuel future ‘growth opportunities’

“Our recent strong operating results, successful public offering and upgrade of our corporate credit rating have substantially lowered our leverage and improved our access to capital,” the company's CFO said. 

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Unable to find a buyer, multispecialty radiology provider closes

Hospital group Intermountain hoped to sell Saltzer Health but instead opted to shutter the physician group while retaining its imaging center in Meridian, Idaho. 

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Radiologists ponder private equity in medicine: ‘Why aren’t we more concerned?’

Leah Davis, DO, and Sharon D'Souza MD, shared their thoughts in a piece published by Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.  

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Teleradiology medical malpractice more frequently leads to higher payouts, patient death

Findings are based on an analysis of 135 teleradiology malpractice cases and 3,474 more in regular radiology, conducted by Harvard Medical School and published in Radiology

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Imaging center operator RadNet launches new joint venture partnership with Providence

Meanwhile, Moody's also recently issued a credit upgrade for the Los Angeles-based company, highlighting its "healthy" organic growth and "very good" liquidity. 

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Portion of patients undergoing CTA for headache or dizziness soars 67% while positivity rate plummets

That’s according to new research out of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, published in Internal and Emergency Medicine.  

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Radiology Group must pay $3.1M to settle allegations doc ‘rubber-stamped’ reports from India

A physician at the Atlanta-based firm purportedly spent as few as 30 seconds reviewing reports prepared by overseas readers who weren’t permitted to practice medicine nor bill government healthcare programs. 

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.

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