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A review and update for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) by Barbara Rubel, SVP Marketing and Client Services, and a past president of the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), and Claudia Murray, director of quality payment programs Advanced BI, LLC, and senior vice president of regulatory affairs, and a board member of the Radiology Coding Certification Board (RCCB). #RBMA #RBMA22

VIDEO: Where we are with MIPS and MACRA in radiology

A review and update for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) by in 2022 with Barbara Rubel and Claudia Murray with information they presented at this year's RBMA meeting.

May 24, 2022
Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT, the president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic, explains how the iodine contrast shortage is causing issues for cardiac CT imaging. He discusses ways imagers can stretch they iodine contrast supplies and some technologies that might help conserve contrast. #contrastshortage

VIDEO: Contrast media shortage impacting cardiac CT imaging

Eric Williamson, MD, president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic, explains how the iodine contrast shortage is causing issues for cardiac CT imaging and ways this can be mitigated.

May 24, 2022
The imaging iodine contrast shortage is delaying procedures and causing rationing at hospitals. impact is it having on hospitals and the tough decisions that are being made to triage patients to determine if they will get a contrast CT scan or an interventional or surgical procedure requiring contrast. Photo by Dave Fornell

VIDEO: Imaging contrast shortage is delaying procedures and causing rationing

Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, chair of the department of radiology at the University of Virginia and vice chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors, explains the contrast shortage situation and the tough decisions providers are being forced to make.

May 23, 2022
Alan Matsumoto explains gadolinium as substitute for iodine contrast during shortage

VIDEO: Gadolinium being substituted for iodine contrast in some procedures due to shortage

Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, chair of the department of radiology at the University of Virginia, vice chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors, and chairman of the ACR Commission on Interventional and Cardiovascular Radiology, explains that the iodine contrast shortage has led to use of MRI gadolinium contrast agents in some cases.

May 20, 2022
Advnaces in nuclear cardiac imaging include the use of PET, quantitative coronary flow reserve and the additional CT ro SPECT and PERT scans. #ASNC

VIDEO: 2 key advances in cardiac nuclear imaging technology

Randall Thompson, MD, immediate past president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), explains two key advances in cardiac nuclear imaging.
 

May 18, 2022
Interview with Elizabeth K. Arleo, MD, and Radiology Business Editor Dave Pearson on American College of Radiology, ACR, new family medical leave resolution.

VIDEO: Dr. Arleo on why ACR has gone all in with paid family/medical leave

Radiology practice leaders who begrudge requests for parental and medical leave—if any such leaders are still extant in 2022—received a bracing wakeup call in late April.

May 13, 2022
An example of CT imaging coronary plaque assessment on TeraRecon's advanced visualization software.

VIDEO: Use of CT to assess coronary plaques

Leslee Shaw, PhD, director of The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, explains how cardiac computed tomography (CT) can be used to assess coronary plaques.

May 9, 2022
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VIDEO: Embracing Collaboration Among Disparate Radiology Groups

Lisa Mead, PSO executive director, Strategic Radiology, spoke at the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2022 meeting on her organization's experience collaborating with a large number of radiology groups.

May 6, 2022

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