Sandy Coffta[email protected]LegislationDoes the Continuing Resolution do anything for radiology?Healthcare Administrative PartnersIn a new column, Sandy Coffta assesses the impact on radiology from the Continuing Resolution passed by the U.S. Congress in March.April 7, 2025EconomicsWhat is the impact of the 2025 MPFS changes on radiology practices?Healthcare Administrative PartnersIn a new column, Sandy Coffta shares how radiology practices are affected by the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS).March 14, 2025EconomicsCurrent topics in mammographyHealthcare Administrative PartnersSandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses changes in reporting and reimbursement for mammography exams.January 17, 2025EconomicsPossible loss of screening coverage will impact radiology practicesHealthcare Administrative PartnersIn a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners describes how a U.S. Supreme Court decision could affect future coverage of cancer screening services.December 6, 2024EconomicsMedicare finalizes 2025 Fee Schedule cutHealthcare Administrative PartnersIn a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners assesses how the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule will impact radiology.November 20, 2024EconomicsWhat’s new for radiology in the No Surprises Act?Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses new developments in the No Surprises Act.September 26, 2024EconomicsMedicare proposed rule again cuts radiology reimbursement in 2025Healthcare Administrative PartnersIn a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners reviews the key changes for radiology in the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule.July 26, 2024Practice ManagementUse caution when billing for remote radiology readingRadiology practices need to be aware of Medicare rules for reporting the location of service, said Sandy Coffta of HAP in a new column.May 28, 2024AdministrationHow are radiology practices impacted by annual changes to the MPFS?With the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (CAA 24), we finally learned the rates physicians will be paid for Medicare services during the remainder of 2024. Sandy Coffta explains what this means for practices.March 29, 2024Practice ManagementRegulatory issues facing radiology groups in 2024In a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses the latest updates in radiology regulations.February 27, 2024Page 1 of 2Next PageTop StoriesCTCT muscle metrics could help screen for sarcopeniaAbdominal CT muscle metrics taken from imaging of healthy young people show promise for opportunistic sarcopenia screening.Womens ImagingCancer incidence on rise in younger people, womenAssociationsFinancial shock waves strike close to radiology researchersMRICNN techniques outperform conventional DL for Alzheimer's diagnosisWomens ImagingAbout half of women undecided on AI's use in breast imaging
![Images depict axial MRI scans in a 50-year-old premenopausal female patient with biopsy-proven 12-mm invasive lobular cancer in the lower outer quadrant of the left breast. Upper images are subtracted dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI scans from the first and second postcontrast acquisitions. Lower images are ultrafast MRI scans obtained within 24 hours after the DCE study (four consecutive subtracted dynamic frames from time points [T] 6–9). There is marked background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on the DCE MRI scans. Thus, the known cancer (arrow) is barely visible; it exhibits only slightly stronger enhancement than the normal fibroglandular tissue, which results in low conspicuity. At ultrafast MRI there is less BPE, and still the cancer is barely visible because it starts to enhance simultaneously with the BPE. The conspicuity of the cancer is even reduced compared with the DCE series. Both of the readers missed this cancer on both the DCE and ultrafast MRI scans.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2025/05/2025-05-06-rsna-ultrafast-dce-mri-breast.Gzvq76udFr.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
