An overview for the coming January 2023 mandate to use clinical decision support for all advanced imaging orders.

Linda Wilgus, CPA, CMPE, executive director and chief financial officer of Northwest Radiology Network and a past president of the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), explains the importance of the Physician Practice Information Survey CMS in calculating radiology reimbursements.

Over the past few weeks, members of ASNC’s Health Policy Committee have held meetings with their members of Congress.

The American College of Radiology recently released a detailed summary of the National Coverage Determination related to screening for lung cancer with low dose CT.

A Florida primary-care physician who gave up the red tape of reimbursement for the hands-on of monthly retainer payments directly from patients—and for a single, discounted contract with a radiology practice—has gotten her story told in the local newspaper.

With $1 billion in payments on the line, hospitals are homing in on patient satisfaction. They are hiring chief patient satisfaction officers and patient navigators and tapping into volunteers to check on patient needs. Other strategies include “yacker trackers” to hush noisy nurses and yoga for patients and staff.

The American Medical Association House of Delegates voted June 18 to recognize obesity as a disease. The move, which overrode recommendations of AMA’s Council on Science and Public Health, could open the door to improved reimbursement for treatment.

Two experts outlined the pros and cons of pay for performance in the Wall Street Journal. The article includes a chart placing radiologists at the top of specialist compensation. Meanwhile, noninvasive cardiology showed the highest growth in median compensation from 2002 to 2011.