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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Erin Stephens
Healthcare information technology firm XiFin will debut its Payor Rate Transparency Monitor for Radiology at Paradigm, the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2025 meeting.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Liz Carey |Amerigo Allegretto |Erin Stephens |Maryam Payne
The pediatric radiology subspecialty continues to experience a major workforce shortage, researchers have reported. The shortage results from a combination of decreased trainee interest in pediatric radiology fellowships, increased clinical volumes, increased staffing demands, and a competitive job market, according to the group, which based the finding on the latest American College of Radiology (ACR)/Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) workforce survey.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Erik L. Ridley
Radiology practices often participate in the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Many aspects of the MIPS rules remain unchanged for 2025, including the following:The MIPS Performance Threshold will remain at 75 points. The completeness criteria remain at 75%.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Maryam Payne |Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has highlighted legislation before the 119th Congress that proposes to extend a physician workforce program. H.R. 1585 and companion bill S. 709 aim to address ongoing physician shortages and strengthening the healthcare workforce in areas where it is needed most, ACR said in its March 7 bulletin.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Erik L. Ridley
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks to consolidate its Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements, and research and development contracts in an effort to save $65 million annually. In particular, eliminating NIH Institutes and Centers will cut duplicative efforts, the NIH said March 6.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Maryam Payne |Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta
Epic reported that more than 2,000 Epic hospitals and more than 50,000 Epic clinics are either live or preparing to go live on the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) framework for nationwide health data exchange. Large networks deemed qualified health information networks (QHINs) are the backbone of TEFCA, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP).
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Erik L. Ridley
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has published position papers that highlight its federal advocacy priorities for 2025.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Erik L. Ridley
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is monitoring possible accelerated regulatory enforcement of hospital and health plan price transparency in the U.S. this year that could include imaging services. The ACR communication cited a February 25 Executive Order that revives efforts to require U.S. hospitals and health plans to disclose their prices and rates to patients. The order mandates price transparency regulations by late May, the college highlighted.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Erin Stephens |Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Erik L. Ridley
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas and ImagineSoftware have entered an agreement to integrate their clinical and operational workflow platforms. Konica’s Exa Platform is an integrated PACS, RIS, and billing platform with a single database across all modules and ImagineSoftware’s AI-driven ImagineOne platform offers automated radiology billing. The companies have been in a years-long partnership that has offered parallel clinical and operational workflows.
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1 month ago | 
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Davin Korstjens |Erin Stephens |Philip Ward
The success of radiologists participating in the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) varies according to practice type and size, with individual radiologists being at a disadvantage, researchers have reported. The findings suggest possible biases and imbalances in the MIPS program that should be addressed, wrote a team led by YoonKyung Chung, PhD, of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA.
