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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Imaging groups want USPSTF to shine a light on CT for colon cancer screening

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance expressed "concern" that patients aren't fully aware of computed tomography colonography as an alternative to more popular exams. 

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‘I’m it’: Rad tech sleeps in RV for days to help overwhelmed rural hospital stay open

Lacking a deep bullpen and unable to send patients elsewhere, Eric Lewallen started staying onsite to help deliver x-rays on short notice. 

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Imaging giant RadNet sees capitated contracts as ‘shining spot’ amid pandemic-induced slowdown

Currently, such contracts represent about $135 million, or 12%, of the Los Angeles provider's revenues, but it's looking for more. 

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Google trends unearth ‘unprecedented’ decline in clinical imaging search interest

The findings underline the need for targeted action as radiology providers cope with this latest wave of COVID-19, experts explained in Clinical Imaging. 

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Hopkins radiologists warn of unsuspected COVID-19 pneumonia during routine outpatient imaging

Experts with the noted Baltimore institution believe the specialty must remain hyper-vigilant as it works through the pandemic-induced backlog of exams. 

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Patient experience, human design thinking crucial for radiologists seeking normalcy amid pandemic

RSNA's COVID-19 Task Force is now looking to better understand the factors that go into patients’ decisions to seek, or delay, imaging care. 

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94% of patients at high risk for lung cancer failed to undergo LDCT screening

Out of about 8 million Americans in this patient population, only 5.7% underwent low-dose computed tomography in 2019, according to a new analysis. 

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Low-dose CT lung cancer screening adherence rates may be even worse than reported

Rates varied dramatically, falling as low as 12% and high as 91%, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open. 

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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.