Radiology Business

MARCH 14, 2024

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

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Insurance Healthcare Healthcare 78

AuntMinnie

JULY 13, 2023

A new Missouri law will require health insurance companies to pay the full cos.

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Insurance Diagnostic Imaging Ultrasound 52

Radiology Business

MARCH 26, 2024

Transparency firm Fair Health recently analyzed data around this key figure, which represents the highest amount a plan will pay for a covered service.

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Insurance Radiology 110

Radiology Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

Those include Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont and Virginia, with thousands of patients standing to benefit, according to Susan G. Komen.

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Insurance Imaging 97

JVIR

DECEMBER 30, 2022

To compare access to specific procedural therapies across insurance types for patients with American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) Stage I or II hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Insurance 52

Insurance 52

Health Imaging

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A new study found no significant differences in mortality based on race or ethnicity once cancer was confirmed.

Insurance 72

Insurance 72

Radiology Business

JANUARY 18, 2024

Some payers taking advantage of the NSA by forcing practices to accept lower rates to remain in-network, says Rad Partners' Richard Heller, MD.

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Insurance Radiologist 85

Radiology Business

MAY 22, 2023

The Find it Early Act has support from both political parties, alongside the American College of Radiology and journalist/cancer survivor Katie Couric.

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Insurance Imaging Radiology IT 100

Radiology Business

MAY 26, 2023

The private equity-backed multispecialty group said Thursday that the pact will grant commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries continued access to its physicians.

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Insurance IT Medicare Radiologist 91

Radiology Business

MAY 6, 2024

Patients who are younger, unwed, live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, or lack adequate insurance are more likely to miss their exams.

Insurance 81

Insurance Imaging 81

Imaging Technology

MAY 10, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 05/10/2024 - 08:05 May 10, 2024 — Insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were linked with an increase in patients receiving care at accredited cancer hospitals in Pennsylvania, according to a study published in Health Services Research by University of Pittsburgh researchers.

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Insurance Public Health Hospital Medicare 64

Radiology Business

AUGUST 29, 2023

The payer has allegedly engaged in “slow pay and no pay tactics," resulting in an "enormous" volume of claims being denied or downgraded.

Insurance 71

Insurance Imaging 71

Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Also, LucidHealth expands in Florida, New Jersey practice launches joint venture with hospital group, and US Radiology Specialists improves MRI efficiency.

Insurance 80

Insurance Radiology Hospital MRI 80

Ben White

JUNE 10, 2023

Trainees: It’s never too early, but if you haven’t looked into getting disability insurance yet, you should especially get some quotes in June before leaving your institution after finishing residency/fellowship. The information is always free; all agents get paid by the insurance companies and not the individual.))

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Insurance IT 130

Radiology Business

AUGUST 29, 2023

“The ruling is a step toward an IDR process that is accessible, fair and efficient,” Jacqueline Bello, chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, said Monday.

Insurance 79

Insurance 79

Ben White

AUGUST 16, 2023

Great reporting by Cezary Podkul in ProPublica (and amazing perseverance by Dr. Shteynshlyuger): A powerful lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that health insurers owe them. Big companies rake in profits while doctors are saddled with yet another cost in a burdensome health care system.

Insurance 130

Insurance 130

Radiology Business

APRIL 19, 2023

Among vulnerable women with BRCA1/2 mutations, about 14% never received this vital exam after the rejection, MSK researchers reported.

Insurance 70

Insurance MRI 70

Radiology Business

AUGUST 22, 2023

Allstate Insurance Co. first filed the complaints in 2020 against Discovery Radiology Physicians, OneSource Medical Diagnostics and four physicians, alleging insurance fraud.

Insurance 87

Insurance Radiology Diagnostic Medical 87

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dense Breast Info (DBI) has issued a statement of support for “Find It Early Act” HR 3086, a bill that addresses insurance barriers to breast cancer screening beyond an initial mammogram. HR 3086 seeks to close loopholes inherent in individual state insurance laws and cover both private and public plans including TRICARE and VHA.

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Insurance IT Mammogram Ultrasound 67

Radiology Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

When stated in dollar terms, the median price for imaging services was $490 across commercial plans compared to $191 in MA, experts wrote in Health Affairs.

Insurance 71

Insurance Medicare Hospital Imaging 71

Radiology Business

MAY 8, 2023

Imaging groups and pain-management associations urged Humana, Aetna and others to lift restrictions around procedures to treat compression fractures.

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Insurance Medicare Radiology Imaging 77

Radiology Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The rule seeks to improve communication between health insurers, physicians and the independent entities that arbitrate disagreements over out-of-network payments.

Insurance 105

Insurance Communication Radiologist 105

Diagnostic Imaging

APRIL 10, 2024

Patients with Medicaid or means-tested insurance were over 27 percent more likely to miss mammography appointments, and only 65 percent of women with three of more adverse social determinants of health had a mammography exam in a two-year period covering 2020 and 2021, according to new research and a report from the CDC.

Insurance 80

Insurance 80

Radiology Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

Female patients and those with public insurance plans were much more likely than others to witness delays of 10 days or more, according to new research.

Insurance 97

Insurance MRI 97

Radiology Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

Such insurers are slated to collect more than $7 trillion over the next decade, with MA now accounting for over 50% of all Medicare enrollment.

Medicare 93

Medicare Insurance 93

Ben White

MARCH 29, 2023

. * * * Post-match fourth-year students are also eligible to try to lock in their eligibility for disability insurance. Disability insurance isn’t cheap–and you may not be able to afford it on your current budget–but again this is a great time to at least learn about it and price out some options and see.

Insurance 100

Insurance Education IT 100

Ben White

JANUARY 22, 2024

The dispute here is between the dueling claims made between RP via its Singleton subsidiary group and UnitedHealthcare, the notorious evil insurance giant. That now-former panel chair previously ran for public office on a platform that included “reigning in” insurance companies (and didn’t disclose it).

Radiology 162

Radiology Insurance IT Healthcare 162

MRI Network

APRIL 7, 2024

Ensure proper insurance protection is in place for any legal disputes related to liability or negligence matters. Insurance Coverage Requirements Insurance is not an optional investment but a critical tool in nearly every type of construction project. Discuss steps to rectify the outcome.

Insurance 52

Insurance MRI Communication IT 52

Ben White

MAY 18, 2023

From Elisabeth Rosenthal’s (author of An American Sickness ) Denials of health-insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder : An insurer’s letter was sent directly to a newborn child denying coverage for his 4th day in a neonatal intensive-care unit.

Insurance 130

Insurance 130

Radiology Business

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The feds anticipated only about 22,000 disputes between insurers and providers, but the actual number was more than 20 times higher.

Insurance 98

Insurance Radiologist 98

AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2024

A team led by Lea Sacca, PhD, from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton found that insurance status, income, age, and ethnicity are some of the most influential factors in women being able to access breast cancer screening resources. women ages 40 and older.

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Insurance Education Public Health Healthcare 124

Ben White

JULY 11, 2023

Certainly the conventional wisdom argued that large firms like Envision had the ability to recruit and retain clinicians across vast geographies, and negotiating power with the large insurers that increasingly dominate key insurance sectors like Medicare Advantage and Managed Medicaid.

Insurance 100

Insurance Medicare Hospital Healthcare 100

Radiology Business

JUNE 2, 2023

The issue surfaced after a Texas district court judge declared a key Affordable Care Act provision unconstitutional in March.

Insurance 56

Insurance 56

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

Out-of-network balance billing occurs when an individual with private health insurance is administered unanticipated care from a clinician who is not in their health plan’s network. The full article can be found here.

Radiologist 122

Radiologist Insurance Imaging Modalities Nuclear Medicine 122

AuntMinnie

APRIL 12, 2024

With federal and state-level legislation mandating insurance coverage for supplemental breast imaging and providers disclosing breast density information to patients, it seems like ultrasound would have an immediate and important role in this area.

Ultrasound 87

Ultrasound Insurance Imaging MRI 87

Radiology Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Greedy health insurers attempt to scalp doctors and patients every step of the way throughout the care process," said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD.

Insurance 83

Insurance 83

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Other inequities have been reported in care utilization, insurance coverage, and health outcomes for women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. The Boyko team identified predictors tied to lower mortality in women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer at a safety net hospital. The full study can be found here.

Hospital 87

Hospital Insurance Diagnose Disease 87