Outpatient radiology services have more work to do with explaining price transparency to patients, a recent University of California Irvine and University of Michigan study found.
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Radiology-only practices have decreased 31.8% in the last 10 years, a recent Renton, Va.-based Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found.
Forty-two percent of radiologists supplement their work income with extra work, according to Medscape's "Radiologist Compensation Report," published May 24.
As oncology treatments continue to incorporate genomics, radiologists would benefit by becoming more familiar with the field, according to a clinical research review published Nov. 3 in Radiology: Imaging Cancer.
Houston-based National Interventional Radiology Partners and its radiologist CEO have agreed to pay $8.8 million to resolve allegations of kickbacks and False Claims Act violations, according to an Aug. 20 Justice Department news release.
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Warwick-based-Rhode Island Medical Imaging has joined the Strategic Radiology coalition.
GE HealthCare and University of California San Diego School of Medicine are partnering to investigate advanced magnetic resonance imaging protocols and techniques for female-specific diseases.
Shifting radiology, imaging and other services out of the hospital could save the U.S. health system up to $147.7 billion in 2019 dollars annually, a recent study found.
Sixty percent of radiologists would take a pay cut for better work-life balance, a Medscape report found.
Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health is set to open its new Outpatient Imaging Center at UCI Medical Center in the city.