• American College of Radiology joins fight against Humana’s much-maligned PET/CT payment restrictions
  December 18, 2020
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American College of Radiology joins fight against Humana’s much-maligned PET/CT payment restrictions
The American College of Radiology has joined the battle against a much-maligned decision by Humana to restrict coverage for PET/CT imaging.

Back in October, the nation’s fourth largest commercial insurer notified plan members that they would not be eligible for positron emission tomography with concurrently acquired CT in many instances. Those include cardiac, gastric, esophageal or neurologic indications, along with total body PET/CT for screening.

Humana claimed that the technology is “experimental” and ““not identified as widely used and generally accepted,” drawing swift rebuke from nuclear medicine groups. Now, the college is joining in and asking the Louisville, Kentucky-based payer to reverse course.
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"American College Of Radiology Joins Fight Against Humana’S Much-Maligned PET/CT Payment Restrictions". Radiology Business, 2020, https://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthcare-economics/american-college-radiology-humana-petct.
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• Interventional radiology requires renewed safety focus amid medical error, malpractice vulnerabilities
  December 18, 2020
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Interventional radiology requires renewed safety focus amid medical error, malpractice vulnerabilities
An Article by Marty Stempniak


December 18, 2020

The practice of interventional radiology is vulnerable to medical errors and malpractice concerns and may require a renewed focus on patient safety, according a new analysis published on Tuesday.

That’s partly because of the subspecialty’s broad scope and rapidly evolving technology to support its physicians. Procedural complications account for about one-third of lawsuits against interventional radiologists, and worldwide data suggest that IR would benefit from rigorous process improvement, Boston University experts wrote in Radiology..
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"Interventional Radiology Requires Renewed Safety Focus Amid Medical Error, Malpractice Vulnerabilities". Radiology Business, 2020, https://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/care-delivery/interventional-radiology-safety-medical-error-malpractice.
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• Top Trend Takeaways in Radiology from RSNA 2020
  December 17, 2020
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Top Trend Takeaways in Radiology from RSNA 2020
An Article by Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell


December 17, 2020

The key trends observed at 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting all focused around COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and the impact it has had on radiology. The underlying question throughout the conference was how can the industry take the information from this past year and learn from it?

Alan Pitt, M.D., a neuroradiologist at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Ariz., sees the pandemic as a catalyst for change, and a way to reset how radiologists view healthcare. “We are an enabler of value of public health — taking care of as many people as possible and giving the highest value possible,” he stressed in a Philips Editor’s Roundtable during the conference. “It’s time to refocus: How many lives can we save? 2021 should be interesting. We need to keep up this level of urgency.”
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"Top Trend Takeaways In Radiology From RSNA 2020". Imaging Technology News, 2020, https://www.itnonline.com/article/top-trend-takeaways-radiology-rsna-2020.
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• Johns Hopkins Medicine Expert Weighs Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers
  December 16, 2020
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Johns Hopkins Medicine Expert Weighs Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers
December 16, 2020 — During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers have been at the forefront of the battle against the life-threatening illness. Sadly, they are not immune to the effects of the disease. Many have contracted COVID-19, and some have died.

In a paper published Dec. 4, 2020, in the journal PLOS One, Junaid Razzak, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Emergency Care, and his colleagues estimated the impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. health care community based on observed numbers of healthcare worker infections during the early phase of the pandemic in Hubei, China, and Italy, areas that experienced peaks in COVID-19 cases before the United States.
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"Johns Hopkins Medicine Expert Weighs Devastating Impact Of COVID-19 On Healthcare Workers". Imaging Technology News, 2020, https://www.itnonline.com/content/johns-hopkins-medicine-expert-weighs-devastating-impact-covid-19-healthcare-workers.
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• CMS Imaging welcomes Crystal Weiser as the new Medical Accounts Manager in Virginia
  December 14, 2020
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CMS Imaging welcomes Crystal Weiser as the new Medical Accounts Manager in Virginia

CMS Imaging welcomes Crystal Weiser to the Team!

Crystal will be our new Medical Accounts Manager in Virginia. Crystal's first day will be Monday, December 14, 2020.

Please join us in welcoming Crystal!
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