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.
The survey received more than 1,700 responses, exploring topics such as practice ownership, part-time duties, and women's preference for working in academic settings.
The findings point to a "real need for better tools to identify which women may benefit from screening and which breast cancers are unlikely to be progressive."
The surge in imaging utilization is independent of increased patient volumes, “suggesting that other extrinsic drivers” contributed, researchers noted.
The El Segundo, California-based practice’s Clinical Value Team surveyed nearly 600 physicians, gathering feedback on what they desire in imaging results.
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.
