Archive for September 2019
Winning Hospital Contracts: 8 Steps Radiologists Must Take to Win More Hospital Contracts
Consolidation within the radiology industry continues. More radiologists face the uncertainty of remaining independent practices or joining national firms. For those that choose to continue operating independent practices, winning hospital contracts is key to success. Unfortunately, the national firms devote countless resources to making their services look superior to smaller entities, and it can be…
Read MoreLatest Legislation and News on Surprise Bills From Out-of-Network Practices and More.
Radiologists possess great power and skill in the health care industry. As health care evolves, the way radiologists bill for services continues to change. Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) enacted a law requiring health practices to provide clear access to prices for their care. Yet, that only forms a…
Read MoreIncrease in Patient Responsibility and Payments from Insurance Carriers
Over the last 10 years, patient responsibility for healthcare costs have increased. A TransUnion Healthcare analysis for 2017 showed that, in that year alone, patients experienced an 11 percent increase in their out-of-pocket costs from the previous year. Combining deductibles and co-pays, patient out-of-pocket costs increased by 30 percent between 2015 and 2017. As deductibles…
Read MoreNew PET tracer and Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects about 1.2 percent of the elderly population, who are 71 years of age or older, worldwide. In the U.S., it is estimated that 60,000 Americans receive a PD diagnosis each year. Males are one and a half times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than females are. With the anticipated changes…
Read MoreImpact of Medicare For All on Radiology
Medicare for all is either the best idea of all time that will save trillions of dollars and millions of lives, or it is a step into socialism that will shove the country off the abyss and into its demise. The truth must lie on this spectrum, but where on the spectrum is now being…
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