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Physicians with the University of Texas Medical Branch made their case for such an approach at the Radiology Business Management Association’s annual meeting in Las Vegas on Monday. 

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Jason Owen, MBA, comes to Envision from BlueSprig, a leading provider of applied behavior analysis therapy for children, where he held the same role. 
 

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“This efficiency in detecting errors may hint at a future where AI can help optimize the workflow within radiology departments," a lead author of the study said. 

Linda Wilgus and Jessica Struve RBMA

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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UPDATED: 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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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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Lawmakers held a hearing on this topic April 11, titled “Bolstering Chronic Care through Medicare Physician Payment," featuring testimony multiple medical specialty societies. 

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Ezra charges $950 to $2,500 for exams of healthy individuals and analyzes them with its FDA-cleared software to diagnose cancer and other conditions.  

Pricing updates will take effect on July 1 and mark the first rate increase in more than a decade, ACR said. 

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ACR and RBMA want lawmakers to reintroduce the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act to begin addressing a growing deficit of docs.

Twenty-three percent of cardiologists have a net worth of more than $5 million, No. 5 among all specialties, according to a new report. A majority of cardiologists also said they have had no significant financial losses in the last year. What are cardiologists paid? How much do cardiologists make?

The number represents a roughly 1.6% uptick from the radiologist salary figure recorded in the previous Doximity survey. 

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When used to flag anomalies in combined chest and musculoskeletal X-rays, imaging AI can relieve overstretched emergency radiology teams.

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

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