Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
If you asked a random person on the street to name who gets paid for reading medical imaging studies, they'd probably say radiologists.
But they'd be wrong.
Although radiologists traditionally are known as the physicians who provide medical imaging services, the number of exams billed to Medicare by nonradiologist physicians is increasing -- and appears to have surpassed the amount billed by radiologists, according to Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Learn more in our Insider Exclusive, available to you first as an Insider subscriber.
When you've finished our featured article, check out what else is going on in the Imaging Leaders Community:
- Find out why radiologists have at least six reasons to be optimistic about their field.
- Discover how radiologist-patient consults can both improve care and raise radiology's profile.
- Get the scoop on why a New York state radiologist is facing criminal charges.
- Read why radiology practice administrators are feeling positive about the future.
- Check out our coverage of the repeal of the sustainable growth rate formula, including what some experts say the repeal will really cost.
If you have a comment or report to share about any aspect of diagnostic imaging practice, management, administration, regulation, or financing, I invite you to contact me.
