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Radiology Business Management Association names 2 new leaders to replace retiring Bob Still

Longtime staffer Jessica Struve and association member Linda Wilgus will serve as co-executive directors under a new shared leadership structure. 

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American College of Radiology lays off 11% of its workforce

As part of its drive to balance the budget, ACR also is reviewing “all programs and areas for potential savings," leaders told attendees at the organization's annual meeting. 

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Radiologists are the 6th highest paid specialists at $498,000

Orthopedists ($558,000), plastic surgeons ($536,000) and cardiologists ($525,000) accounted for the top three, according to new Medscape data. 

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Practice must pay $14M after table collapses under patient during imaging exam, jury rules

The original inciting incident occurred in July 2014, when 58-year-old James Griswold visited the Connecticut provider group for a nuclear stress imaging test. 

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Small practices left vulnerable after Change Healthcare cyberattack, with some considering bankruptcy

"These survey data show, in stark terms, that practices will close because of this incident," said AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD.

 

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Semiautonomous AI shows potential to reduce false positives, unnecessary procedures and medical expenses

Scientists developed the deep learning algorithm using a set of over 123,000 digital mammograms (including 6,100-plus cancer cases). 

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‘Legal looting’: Watchdog highlights markets most impacted by private equity’s growing reach in radiology, other specialties

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s new State Risk Index is calculated based on 16 unique indicators, leaders said Tuesday. 

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Medicare drops AUC requirement for advanced imaging, ASNC celebrates

"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

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Cardiology, radiology groups urge insurance provider to rethink imaging policy

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

Health IT

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Small practices left vulnerable after Change Healthcare cyberattack, with some considering bankruptcy
Google teams with Bayer to address radiologist burnout via AI
Hospital system data sharing initiative leads to 80% of patients accessing their imaging records
Large language models excel at simplifying radiology reports
Medical image-sharing startup PocketHealth raises $33M in series B financing
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Healthcare Management

Linda Wilgus and Jessica Struve RBMA
Radiology Business Management Association names 2 new leaders to replace retiring Bob Still
American College of Radiology lays off 11% of its workforce
Radiologists are the 6th highest paid specialists at $498,000
US Senators continue their push for radiologist Medicare pay reform
Private equity backed radiology provider Rayus partners with AI startup to launch nationwide whole body MRI offering
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Medical Imaging

For almost nine years since the adoption of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) established the requirement for appropriate use criteria (AUC) to receive payment for advanced diagnostic imaging, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has lobbying Congressional leaders change or repeal AUC mandate. Those efforts have paid off in the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, where AUC program has been paused and all of its regulations were rescinded. Photo by Dave Fornell.
Medicare drops AUC requirement for advanced imaging, ASNC celebrates
Bayer, Hologic unite to improve availability of contrast-enhanced mammography
Hologic, university settle lawsuit alleging radiology vendor infringed on mammography patent
Practice must pay $14M after table collapses under patient during imaging exam, jury rules
Semiautonomous AI shows potential to reduce false positives, unnecessary procedures and medical expenses
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Patient Care

CDC centers for disease control at HIMSS 2023.
CDC sounds the alarm on key factor keeping women from undergoing mammography
American College of Radiology adds 6 new topics to its influential imaging appropriateness criteria
Increased imaging utilization an ‘underrecognized’ facet of America’s substance use epidemic
Steadily declining mammography screening rates have hit a historic low, new data show
Radiology groups slam UnitedHealthcare decision they say was inspired by ‘science-harvesting mercenaries’
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Professional Associations

Linda Wilgus and Jessica Struve RBMA
Radiology Business Management Association names 2 new leaders to replace retiring Bob Still
American College of Radiology lays off 11% of its workforce
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