Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
ImageCare Radiology announced the decision Nov. 21, with the practice pulling out of Atlantic Health's Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers effective the same day.
AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recently polled 21 U.S. health insurance providers about their experiences with the landmark legislation.
Conversations last 10 minutes or less, with specialists providing a preliminary interpretation of imaging findings in conjunction with smoking cessation counseling.
“It is critical that radiology participates in this survey effort to provide updated and accurate practice costs that are representative of our specialty," ACR urged.
“We’re getting less and less referrals, and that number is dropping,” Anthony Mitarotondo, MD, director of Stony Brook Radiology, said during a recent public hearing.
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.
