Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending
Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported.
In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% to 8.9% during the decade, according to a team led by first author Michal Horný of Emory University School of Medicine and senior author Richard Duszak, MD, of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. What's more, "nominal spending" (i.e., the sum of payments from health plans and patients to health care providers for imaging and ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Economics Source Type: news
How are radiology practices impacted by annual changes to the MPFS?
Conclusion
Understanding the annual changes in Medicare’s fee schedules is useful when analyzing areas where the practice’s revenue might be increasing or decreasing. Many commercial payers base their fees on the Medicare table, although not all of them make the same changes, or at the same time, as Medicare does. The same volume-weighted analysis technique can be applied to commercial fee schedules, as well.
Healthcare Administrative Partners will continue to keep you abreast of the Medicare payment system.
Sandy Coffta is vice president of client services at Healthcare Administrative Partners.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Sandy Coffta Tags: Economics Source Type: news
Blind People Can Hear and Feel 2024 ’ s Total Solar Eclipse With New Technology
(WASHINGTON) — While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.
Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting out the sun for a few minutes.
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“Eclipses are very beautiful things, and everyone should be able to experience it once in their lifetime,” said Yuki Hatch, a high school senior in Austin, Texas.
Hatch is a visually impaired student and a space enthusiast who hopes ...
Source: TIME: Science - March 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: CHRISTINA LARSON / AP Tags: Uncategorized Eclipse News Desk Solar Eclipse 2024 wire Source Type: news
NLM Technical Bulletin, Mar-Apr 2024, April 2024 SNOMED CT International Edition Available for Download
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the April 2024 International Edition of SNOMED CT is available for download. (Source: NLM Technical Bulletin)
Source: NLM Technical Bulletin - March 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
A Telehealth Room at the Storm Lake Public Library
My dream of a Telehealth Room at our library began when I read an article on the Pottsboro Area Library’s Telehealth Space in Texas in the May 2021 issue of American Libraries. I greatly admired the concept of telemedicine at a public library. That was during the pandemic, when our library was closed to the public but preparing to re-open at 50% capacity. Our patrons were eager to browse the shelves again. The staff were also tired because we had books everywhere due to a leaking roof that damaged a portion of the nonfiction area. Among all the reshelving, I stared at the Pottsboro Area Library photo and wondered how we ...
Source: The Cornflower - March 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog telehealth Source Type: news
WHO Calls for More Data on Violence Against Older Women and Women With Disabilities
Older women and women with disabilities are underrepresented in global data on violence against women. Credit: WHO/Kiana Hayeri
By Naureen HossainUNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 2024 (IPS) Older women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national and global databases, according to findings shared by the World Health Organization (WHO).
On Wednesday, WHO and UN-Women released two new briefs, the first in a series that will discuss neglected forms of violence, including gender-based violence. The two briefs, titled Measuring violence against older women an...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality Population Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Repo Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate graduation shows promise of health tech innovation for improving patient care
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate celebrated the graduation of its fourth cohort of health tech startups, including nine innovative businesses from around the world. During the graduation event, held March 28 in Eagan, Minnesota, each company presented progress and outcomes from the 20-week accele rator program, providing a glimpse into the future of medicine. "It's with immense pride that we celebrate the nine graduate companies from our latest cohort. Their remarkable dedication, resilience and achievements… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
In case you missed it: This week's Top 5 stories on social media
Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week. Mayo Clinic Minute: Wash your pet ’s food and water bowls to prevent salmonella Salmonella is a bacterial infection that can lead to symptoms like fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. It is typically transmitted through contaminated food, such as raw meat or eggs. However, many people are unaware that salmonella al so can be carried by pets… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Untangling the threads of early onset dementia
Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators zeroed in on the mechanism by which different forms of a protein associated with frontotemporal dementia could affect disease risk and severity. Their research could lead to new therapies in the future. (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Technical Bulletin, Mar-Apr 2024, March 2024 SNOMED CT Spanish Edition Available for Download
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the March 2024 SNOMED CT Spanish Edition is available for download. (Source: NLM Technical Bulletin)
Source: NLM Technical Bulletin - March 28, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Overview, Trends, and Collaboration on Immunization, Vaccination, and Immunomodulation Therapies for Periodontitis: A Scientometric Study
Conclusions:
According to Lotka ' s Law, most authors have written only one
paper, reflecting the distribution of productivity in many academic and
scientific fields. Collaborations were observed between Iran and Canada,
Korea and New Zealand, and the United States and Belgium. This study
provides useful insight into the predominant trends and patterns in the
scientific literature in the field of immunization, vaccination, and
immunomodulation therapies for periodontitis.
Clinical significance:
The findings of this study may help to understand the dynamics of
the production on immunization, vaccin...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 28, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Landscape of toxin-neutralizing therapeutics for snakebite envenoming (2015-2022): setting the stage for an R & D agenda - Borri J, Guti érrez JM, Knudsen C, Habib AG, Goldstein M, Tuttle A.
BACKGROUND: Progress in snakebite envenoming (SBE) therapeutics has suffered from a critical lack of data on the research and development (R&D) landscape. A database characterising this information would be a powerful tool for coordinating and accelerating... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Landslide topology uncovers failure movements - Bhuyan K, Rana K, Ferrer JV, Cotton F, Ozturk U, Catani F, Malik N.
The death toll and monetary damages from landslides continue to rise despite advancements in predictive modeling. These models' performances are limited as landslide databases used in developing them often miss crucial information, e.g., underlying movemen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
NLM Technical Bulletin, Mar-Apr 2024, Webinar: Drive Thru Data: Using NLM APIs to Access Information Fast
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides millions of people access to health information via its portfolio of products and services. But some people may need to access NLM's resources in special ways, to help support new and innovative projects. Application programming interfaces (APIs) can help you access NLM's data more quickly and efficiently, especially when integrated into a program or script. (Source: NLM Technical Bulletin)
Source: NLM Technical Bulletin - March 28, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Industry payments to radiologists total out at $392M
Out of 39 specialties, radiology was in the top third when ranked by industry payments to doctors over a nine-year period, according to an article published March 28 in JAMA.Between August 2013 and December 2022, 50% of 68,718 radiologists received industry payments totaling $392 million, lead author Ahmed Sayed, of Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, and U.S. colleagues reported. The total for all U.S. physicians over the period was $12.1 billion.“Despite evidence that financial conflicts of interest may influence physician prescribing and may damage patients’ trust in medical professionals, such relationships remai...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
