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ACR Updates Influential Imaging Appropriateness Criteria With 4 New Topics
ACR outlined revisions to 11 of its existing criteria, along with four new topics that it did not previously address. The latter included guidance related to abnormal liver function tests, congenital or acquired heart disease, dialysis fistula malfunction, and both staging and assessment of head and neck cancer.
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Lawmakers Want to Tie Physician Payment Updates to Inflation
The bill introduced by a coalition of doctors in Congress aims to address the physician shortage for Medicare beneficiaries because of physician payment uncertainty.
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Staffing, Costs, Payers, & Technology: 2023's Top Financial and Revenue Cycle Concerns for Providers
In recent years, financial challenges have topped the list of issues that keep hospital and health system executives up at night -- and 2023 is no exception. Contributing factors include concerns about the economy, increased expenses, persistent labor shortages, contentious payer relationships and more.
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Rad Partners, Rayus Radiology and RadNet urge CMS to Address 'Systemic Threats' to Imaging Access
Three of the biggest names in the specialty are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to address what they say are "systemic threats" to imaging services. They may have a powerful advocate in their corner, after MedPAC recommended a pay hike for physicians on March 15th, a move that drew praise from the nation's largest physician association.
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UnitedHealthcare to Cut Back on Prior Authorization Paperwork
The nation's largest health insurance company is cutting back its use of prior authorization, a restriction placed on certain medications, tests, or health services by insurers that requires doctors to receive coverage approval from payors before providing certain services.
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Provider Groups Blast 'Woefully Inadequate' CMS Pay Update for Inpatient Care
Hospital groups are blasting what they say is a “woefully inadequate” payment update for inpatient providers, announced by CMS on April 10. The agency is proposing a 2.8% increase in payment rates for acute care hospitals reimbursed under the 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System.
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Radiology-Specific Alternative Payment Model in the Works to Counter 'Devastating Decline' in Reimbursement
RBMA is eyeing the creation of a new radiology-specific alternative payment model to help counter flagging reimbursement rates in the specialty.
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American College of Radiology Releases New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
The American College of Radiology released new breast cancer screening guidelines on Wednesday, calling for increased vigilance among certain patient populations.
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The Radiologist Shortage is Here
For today’s needs and today’s technology, we have simply produced far too few radiologists. There is a sizable and worsening radiologist shortage, and there is no end in sight on the basis of increased radiologist supply.
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Google's Latest Large Language Model is Poised to Give ChatGPT a Run for Its Money in Imaging
Not to be outdone by OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google recently introduced the latest version of its own large language model (LLM), which could be particularly beneficial within the realm of medical imaging, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. PaLM 2 is Google’s answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4, offering improved multilingual, reasoning and coding capabilities.
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