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With the recent adjustment, the conversion factor is now 1.77% lower than it was in 2023, at $33.2875, consulting firm Healthcare Administrative Partners notes. 

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The figure places radiology 12th on a list of 39 specialties ranked in terms of total amount paid to physicians between 2013 and 2022.

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First launched in 2021, Tellica Imaging has aimed to capitalize on the industry's shift away from hospitals to less costly freestanding sites

UHC has labeled an IR service docs have been delivering for 9 years as “unproven and not medically necessary due to insufficient evidence of efficacy." 

Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule. 

Dallas-based Steward Medical Group spans 450 practices, employing over 1,700 providers including 180-plus radiologists. 
 

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The AMA and others issued a statement Tuesday, labeling diversity, equity and inclusion as a “means to help improve the health of our nation.” 

Medicare money payment reimbursement dollar decline. More than 100 U.S. medical societies are throwing their support behind a new proposal that could reform out-of-date Medicare policies and help limit future payment cuts. 

The percentage of patients who received imaging services also declined from 46% in 2010 down to 40% by 2021, experts wrote in Health Affairs Scholar

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The change was made to comply with the information blocking rule in the 21st Century Cures Act.

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The team will share its findings, based on imaging data from more than 5,000 pediatric patients, at RSNA 2022 in Chicago. 

Iodine contrast being loaded into a contrast injector in preparation for a cardiac CT scan at Duly Health and Care in Lisle, Illinois. The contrast shortage is causing some healthcare organizations to postpone exams and procedures and ration contrast supplies. Photo by Dave Fornell

Isotopic labeling is time-consuming and expensive. Now, a new development in isotopic labeling heralds a new way to prepare imaging agents. 

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Hyperpolarized MRI may help identify metabolism problems—which can be an early signal of a heart condition—in real time.

Also worth a look: the ACR Data Science Institute’s AI Central, updated this week with detailed information on imaging AI products that have been cleared by the FDA.

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The change was made to comply with the information blocking rule in the 21st Century Cures Act.

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

New research explored the potential savings of turning off angiography systems at night and on weekends.