Posts by Rosil Sinha
CMS Releases Final 2023 Physician Fee Reimbursements
Despite the input of healthcare facilities, physicians, and health-related associations and societies, the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2023 will see a reduction in the face of the highest inflation rates in 40 years. The CMS conversion factor falls to $33.0067 in 2023 — down from $34.6062 in 2022 — resulting in approximately…
Read MoreForbes Announces States with the Highest and Lowest Costs for Healthcare
A Forbes Advisor study of the 50 states and the District of Columbia utilized 11 metrics from the Kaiser Family Foundation data to determine the states with the highest and lowest healthcare costs. Healthcare costs continue to rise for Americans; in 2020, the average cost of healthcare per person averaged $10,000. Almost half (44%) of…
Read MoreCollaborative Imaging’s CFO Preeth Hegde is named CFO of the year
Collaborative Imaging’s CFO Preeth Hegde, MBA was honored as a CFO of the Year Award winner by the Dallas Business Journal at a celebratory event on November 10. The Dallas Business Journal announced 16 honorees for its 14th annual CFO of the Year Awards, among those names was Mr. Hegde. Dhruv Chopra, CEO of Collaborative Imaging…
Read MoreTo thrive in today’s turbulent environment, radiologists must embrace technology
Radiologists, like other healthcare professionals, are experiencing profound burnout. A major contributor is the constant stream of disruptions that punctuate their days and interrupt the work of interpreting studies for referring physicians and their patients. Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with Dhruv Chopra, CEO of Collaborative Imaging, about the workflow challenges facing both radiologists and referring…
Read MoreRadiologic Technologists in High Demand
AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Survey of Allied Healthcare Professional New Graduate Hiring Patterns” showed that the position of radiologic technologist has the most unfilled positions. This finding is part of an AMN report released on October 20. Their results were from 1,005 responses to an email survey sent to healthcare executives/managers of hospital systems, independent hospitals,…
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