Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
Layne Tarbox, MD, and his attorney filed the complaint Oct. 28, alleging a husband-wife pair of rads engaged in fraud at one of the Pacific Northwest's largest medical groups.
Leaders from 31 different radiology societies recently met to discuss the specialty's biggest problems, offering solutions in a newly published analysis.
Prompt diagnosis of such pneumothorax is crucial, with delays linked to longer hospital lengths of stay and greater disease progression, experts write in Academic Radiology.
Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., and colleagues are proposing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, which would halt a 2.8% reduction to the conversion factor.
The administration said it is launching a cross-government public inquiry into “corporate greed" in medicine, with roll-up acquisitions one area of focus.
Southtowns Radiology said the deal will allow for expansion on the outpatient side while also letting it retain autonomy to operate its private practice.
UPDATED: Numerous studies have explored artificial intelligence's use in imaging, but researchers rarely take radiology’s complex work environment into account, experts noted.
Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.