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 More than 100 U.S. medical societies are throwing their support behind a new proposal that could reform out-of-date Medicare policies and help limit future payment cuts.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

“Surprisingly,” experts wrote in Nature Medicine, experience-based factors such as a physicians’ subspecialty or previous AI use failed to reliably predict the technology's impact. 

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Private payers eventually overturned more than half of denials, with the claims paid, but only after “multiple, costly rounds of provider appeals.” 

Powering down angiography and fluoroscopy systems at night and on weekends could significantly reduce cardiology department energy bills, new study finds.Photo by Jose Arellano

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

Round13 Capital and the investment arms of Samsung and Deloitte all pitched in, with the company using the money to double its workforce within the next two years.

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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.