Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Change Healthcare reaches ‘important’ step in resumption of services after cyberattack

To aid in this transition, Change owner UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $2 billion in payments through multiple initiatives. 

March 18, 2024
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Proposed class action lawsuit accuses radiology practice of failing to protect patient information

Attorneys allege Eastern Radiologists failed to implement the proper protections that would have kept hackers from capturing nearly 890,000 patients’ data. 

March 18, 2024
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Doctors form new coalition focused on reducing private equity’s role in cardiology, other healthcare specialties

More than 5,000 U.S. physicians joined forces to launch the new group. They say they are focused on limiting private equity's involvement and influence in healthcare. 

March 18, 2024
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Radiology artificial intelligence ROI calculator demonstrates ‘substantial’ benefits at 5-year mark

Researchers built the tool to help imaging leaders quantify comparative costs, estimated revenues and the value of using an AI platform at a U.S. hospital. 

March 18, 2024
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MedPAC recommends ‘woefully inadequate’ pay update for radiologists in 2025

The average physician would receive 3% higher Medicare payments next year following the update, commissioners estimate. 

March 15, 2024
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UnitedHealth earns emergency order to buy radiology provider placed in crisis due to Change cyberattack

The nation’s largest healthcare corporation recently made an offer for the Corvallis Clinic, which has 11 locations across Oregon's Willamette Valley. 

March 15, 2024
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American College of Radiology meets with MedPAC to discuss paying for imaging AI

The college said it emphasized that “thoughtful assessment” will be needed to address where artificial intelligence belongs on the Medicare payment schedule. 

March 15, 2024
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Physicians criticize insurance lobby’s ‘tone-deaf’ response to Change Healthcare cyberattack

“This approach is particularly galling since service outages have exacerbated the administrative burdens and care delays already associated with" prior authorization, AMA said. 

March 15, 2024

Around the web

Using CT to perform coronary artery calcium scoring on symptomatic chest pain patients can deliver significant value, according to a new data published in Radiology

Peninsula Imaging told Mary Raver in 2014 that a cancerous growth was benign. She now has 18 months to live.

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance applauded two new CPT Category III codes for myocardial blood flow reserve (MBFR) assessments.

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