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Who Should Get Paid for AI Used in Healthcare
A recent opinion piece, co-authored by Colin Rowell, MD, and Ronnie Sebro, MD, PhD., radiology researchers at Mayo Clinic Florida, explored an emerging question — who should get paid for AI used in healthcare? Their collaboration was published online in the August 3 Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. The authors addressed this complex question by addressing the…
Read MoreProposed CMS 2023 Cuts Threaten Healthcare
Once again, proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cuts to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 threaten healthcare in the United States. The American College of Radiology (ACR) posted the five most likely CMS proposals to impact radiology practices in 2023. The CMS’s proposals became public on July 7. Physicians Fee Schedule…
Read MoreWhat is medical coding?
The revenue cycle is critical for every healthcare entity, and submitting the correct medical coding for every procedure performed is the first step in effective revenue cycle management. Collaborative Imaging allows you to maximize revenue at all levels of the cycle with our revenue cycle experts and cutting-edge technology. It all begins with…
Read MorePreoperative Prostate MRI Underutilized
A study published June 16 in the Journal of Urology reveals that preoperative prostate MRI exams are significantly underutilized even in communities where MRI is easily accessible. Pre-op prostate MRI exams help improve surgical outcomes for prostate cancer patients — a prostate MRI provides details of tumor characteristics, useful in surgical planning. The retrospective…
Read MoreStaffing Challenges in 2022
A new survey by Radiology Business confirms what radiology practices and healthcare facilities have experienced recently. We’re in a fiercely competitive market for radiology staffing positions. Over half of respondents cited staffing as their biggest challenge, from radiologists to IT professionals and PACS managers and positions in-between. And there’s a ripple effect, too — because…
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