Marty Stempniak
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Editor | Radiology Business (@RadiologyBiz)
Chicago, IL
Joined April 2012
Send 'em if you got 'em! Deadline is tonight at midnight.
Last day to nominate Leaders for the Radiology Business Forty Under 40 Class of 2025! This prestigious recognition honors individuals who are making the greatest impact across our industry. Deadline for submissions is TODAY. Nominate now:
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Do any radiologists have experience using an Apple headset for reading images? Would you use something like this? Are you skeptical about the idea at all? https://t.co/yzqejiNjZP
@drmoneymatters @benwhitemd @sethmhardy
globenewswire.com
Medical iSight releases XRAIview for Apple Vision Pro on App Store. Radiologists and clinicians - experience medical imaging like never before. ...
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“When institutions behave transactionally, so do employees. Loyalty, once the bedrock of academic medicine, has been supplanted by pragmatism.” An important piece 👇 Radiologist warns of ‘quiet quitting’ across specialty — Dr S. Ghosh
radiologybusiness.com
Frustrated with burnout, mid-career inertia and the allure of temp work, many rads are only doing their minimum duties in order to survive.
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ICYMI this morning: UnitedHealthcare (@UHC), America’s largest commercial health insurer, is again suing @Rad_Partners, the nation's biggest radiology group, claiming it "weaponized" regulations meant to protection patients from surprise medical bills.
radiologybusiness.com
Rad Partners "firmly" denied the allegations, which mirror a similar complaint from Aetna, contending it plans to "vigorously defend against these claims" in court.
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Webinar – TODAY! Join us for an informative webinar where our panel of imaging leaders will explore the clinical, operational, and financial implications of managing imaging data at scale. @purestorage @tierpoint Register now:
radiologybusiness.com
We all know that imaging data is growing at an unprecedented pace with AI accelerating the curve. For healthcare organizations, this means more pressures on storage, infrastructure, performance and...
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.@drmoneymatters Can you point me to radiologists/a radiology group in the Hudson Valley area? I am doing a follow-up story about this and am wanting to hear what the market dynamics are like there after the launch of Optum Radiology.
radiologybusiness.com
Industry watchers have accused the healthcare conglomerate of having conflicting interests—employing docs and delivering medical imaging while also negotiating contracts with radiology practices.
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📰 “This proposed MPFS is potentially one of the most meaningful policy shifts we’ve seen in many years.” In a new op-ed in @RadiologyBiz, RBMA leaders Linda Wilgus & Christopher Crancer break down the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: https://t.co/KfVNC6OZZd
radiologybusiness.com
In this Radiology Business opinion piece, Linda Wilgus and Kit Crancer explore what the proposed 2026 MPFS means for the specialty and how practices can influence its final form.
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Do any radiologists have thoughts about this article? It seems maybe a little hyperbolic on claims AI is minimizing rads' role but there also are some interesting/provocative points made.
forbes.com
AI tools, private equity, and longevity MRI startups like Prenuvo are reshaping radiology into a gig-like, two-tier system. Here’s what’s being lost—and who profits.
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@MStempniak @EdGainesIII @JeffreyLDavis44 @nedholmanmd @AndersGilberg Agreeing with @EdGainesIII here that we have serious problems. CMS no longer trusts doctors to say how long it takes or how much work it takes to perform procedures and are intentionally hurting hospital based physicians (surgeons, anesthesia, Hospitalists, emergency medicine,
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@EdGainesIII Any insight into this new efficiency factor adjustment to non-time based wRVUs? Seems like it's going to drive hard radiology and other procedural base specialty cuts. Any policy ACR big brains out there willing to give hot takes? @RadiologyACR @MStempniak
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Here is the press release: https://t.co/HETiqNrR8B And here is a corresponding fact sheet: https://t.co/rCoXtFpN5G
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Looks like the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is out. Give me your thoughts if you've got em. Hearing they are proposing to make virtual supervision permanent. @EdGainesIII @DrBruggeman @JeffreyLDavis44 @nedholmanmd @AndersGilberg
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Updated this story today to include a link to the letter the practice sent to patients, announcing its closure.
radiologybusiness.com
Patients have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Pinehurst Radiology Associates, claiming it failed to protect their medical records.
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Thanks Dr. Bruggeman!
@MStempniak @MGMA @AndersGilberg @AmerMedicalAssn @EdGainesIII @JeffreyLDavis44 @RepGregMurphy Outside of the Medicaid cuts and ACA credit reform, which I am not an expert on… Physicians will benefit from a 2.5% increase to the 2026 fee schedule (actual rate coming in proposed rules). There are also no restrictions on the pass through entity tax (PTET) which benefits
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Anyone have any insight on the Senate BBB that passed today? Any doc insights? @MGMA @AndersGilberg
@AmerMedicalAssn @EdGainesIII @DrBruggeman @JeffreyLDavis44 @RepGregMurphy
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Can the interventional radiology community offer any comment on this? Aren't several of these services listed here delivered by IRs? This is re: a CMS proposal to curb wasteful services. https://t.co/J9PPMZ9chQ
@linemonkeymd @SIRspecialists @OEISociety
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.@northwoods1980 Here is a link to the complaint for further reading:
Does anyone have any inside, detailed information regarding this case?
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Anyone familiar with the market dynamics that led to Desert Imaging selling to private equity after 20-plus years of remaining independent?
einpresswire.com
Add-On Grows Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Texas Platform to Twenty-Three Locations Across Texas
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Does anyone have any inside, detailed information regarding this case?
radiologybusiness.com
The case dates to 2019, when 64-year-old David Gangaram visited a Long Island outpatient clinic for an image-guided lumbar epidural steroid injection.
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