Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

National shortage of radiologists leaves Scotland’s NHS in crisis mode

Scotland’s National Health Service has been unable to fill dozens of radiologist positions across its nine branches, prompting a global search for qualified clinicians, the BBC reported this month.

February 20, 2018
What should radiology be expending, in manpower as well as money, to help make medical imaging accessible to and from every clinical department? And what’s in enterprise imaging for radiology, anyway?

The elusive economics of enterprise imaging

What should radiology be expending, in manpower as well as money, to help make medical imaging accessible to and from every clinical department? And what’s in enterprise imaging for radiology, anyway?

February 9, 2018

Elimination of ACA cost sharing fueled growth in mammography utilization

Eliminating cost sharing for mammography under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) resulted in an uptick in utilization of preventative cancer screening services by women, according to The New England Journal of Medicine.

January 24, 2018

Brexit may lead to loss of CE recognition, layoffs

More than 200 U.K. agencies that provide "CE" safety labels for MRI scanners may lose recognition in March 2019 due to Brexit, according to a recent article by The Guardian, leaving many specialized personnel out of a job.

January 23, 2018

8 global ultrasound markets poised for strong 2018

The global ultrasound market is poised for a strong 2018 due in part to the expanded use of the imaging modality across medical specialties, along with projected growth in most major markets. Findings were published by Signify Research, an independent supplier of market intelligence to the global healthcare technology industry.

January 18, 2018

MITA joins AdvaMed, MDMA with letter to Congress urging solution to device tax

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) joined the Advanced Medical Technical Association (AdvaMed) and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) in penning a combined letter to Congress urging a long-term solution to the medical device tax with the tax set to kick in at the end of the month.

January 15, 2018

CMS to change reimbursement for MRI of implantable devices

CMS announced a change in its payment policy to make it easier for patients with implantable cardiac devices to receive reimbursement for MRI scans.

January 12, 2018

$70M lined up for new Alzheimer’s research consortium

The NIH has announced the formation of a five-year, $70 million effort to organize, coordinate and otherwise accelerate new research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

December 11, 2017

Around the web

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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