Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Better Service and Bigger Savings Through Centralized Imaging Processing

Better Service and Bigger Savings Through Centralized Imaging Processing

The Center for Advanced Imaging Processing (CAIP) is a concept created out of the need to enhance patient care, increase technology availability and improve imaging quality, all through the utilization of innovative technologies.

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Closing the Loop on Unexpected Findings

Follow-up of unexpected findings in radiology reports has become a growing challenge as more imaging exams are being performed and workloads are increasing for ordering clinicians.

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Cigna officially stops covering hospital-based CT, MR imaging after months-long delay due to pandemic

The nation's fourth largest commercial insurer first announced the payment change in February, but pushed its go-live date back to August because of the COVID crisis.

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MRI prostate cancer screening leads to fewer biopsies, cutting millions in healthcare spending

A shift from PSA screening toward mpMRIp has produced 354.7 fewer biopsies each month and about $9.4 million in annual Medicare savings. 

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President Trump receives COVID x-ray, CT scans while radiologist White House advisor expresses optimism

The commander-in-chief's physicians would not elaborate on whether chest imaging revealed ground glass opacities or other signs of damage. 

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Ultrasonography a swift and sound alternative to MRI for diagnosing anterior knee pain

Magnetic resonance is the "gold standard" method of assessing this indication, but US scored high marks in a recent study. 

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Radiology must change the payment paradigm for point-of-care ultrasound, experts charge

Scientists with the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and the ACR are proposing a framework that would position POCUS as a completely different type of evaluation from DXUS. 

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Radiology practice paying $500K after allegedly delivering contrast imaging without doc supervision

Advanced Imaging of Port Charlotte also billed Medicare for services performed by doctors who lacked the proper credentials, the DOJ announced.

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.