AuntMinnie
JULY 26, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposal for payments in 2025 under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and it contains an across-the-board 2.8% cut from the current 2024 payment rate. This reduction in payments continues a trend that has seen the Medicare fee schedule reduced by nearly 10% over the past 10 years.
Radiology Business
JULY 26, 2024
“The current Medicare physician payment system is increasingly unsustainable and the necessary policy reforms can no longer be delayed without severe repercussions," radiologists say.
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AuntMinnie
JULY 26, 2024
A South Carolina pharmacist created a risk of poor-quality patient scans and repeated scans when he dispensed radioactive Technescan MAG3, with the active ingredient diluted, to medical facilities in the Greenville area. After pleading guilty to adulteration of a drug, Richard Sheriff, 73, of Easley was sentenced to two years of probation and forfeited $166,000 in revenues, according to the U.S.
Diagnostic Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
A model that combines MRI-based deep learning radiomics and clinical factors demonstrated an 84.8 percent ROC AUC and a 92.6 percent precision-recall AUC for predicting perineural invasion in prostate cancer cases.
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UCSF Biomedical Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
The UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging has “planted” a Gratitude Tree at Parnassus to display the many messages of gratitude radiology that staff receive on a daily basis
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MedImaging Radiography
JULY 26, 2024
For the first time, researchers have used a synchrotron X-ray imaging technique to visualize two entire human adult hearts, both healthy and diseased, at the cellular level in 3D, uncovering previously unseen structures and connections.
Imaging Technology
JULY 26, 2024
mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/26/2024 - 12:30 July 26, 2024 — GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced a strategic collaboration to develop purpose-built foundation models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications designed to help clinicians improve medical diagnostics and patient care. GE HealthCare has selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider and plans to use its healthcare and generative AI services to build and implement new,
Health Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
Experts believe that these reimbursements will begin to gain steam as more organizations turn to AI to help address some of healthcare’s biggest pain points, such as staffing shortages.
AuntMinnie
JULY 26, 2024
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) said it supports a new Pennsylvania bill that requires licensing of medical imaging professionals, radiation therapists, radiologist assistants, and trainees. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1281 Licensing of Medical Imaging Professionals (SB 1281) was introduced July 12. If successful, SB 1281 would require anyone who performs medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures in Pennsylvania to be licensed through the State Board of Medicine.
UCSF Biomedical Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
For more than 20 years, Jessica Pfannenstiel, MS, RT(R)(CT), has seen first-hand how technology advancements continually transform radiology and biomedical imaging. Now, as she steps into a new role – Interim Director of Imaging Quality & Technology – she will partner with radiology faculty to advance UCSF’s leadership in implementing innovative technology.
Radiology Business
JULY 26, 2024
Also, CMS assigns payment for prostate cancer mapping tool, GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services team on AI apps, and more.
UCSF Biomedical Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
The AVON Comprehensive Breast Center held a celebration Tuesday to honor and recognize 20 years of visionary care and the incredible staff members who provide the best experience and most current technology to patients, regardless of their ability to pay, their gender, or immigration status.
Health Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
The company was recently recognized by KLAS as one of the most promising health IT imaging vendors in 2024.
Radiology Business
JULY 26, 2024
Earlier this month, I-MED Radiology Network announced it had reached a deal to acquire San Diego-based StatRad, adding $164M in EBITDA.
Health Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
Radiation-induced osteitis may not cause clinical symptoms, but its presence often sparks concerns about malignancy.
Radiology Business
JULY 26, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge this week declined to issue an order preliminarily blocking the ban before its Sept. 4 go-live date.
Maven Imaging
JULY 26, 2024
Nuclear medicine and radiology are critical diagnostic techniques widely used in modern medicine to enable the most rapid and accurate diagnostics possible.
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