Shifting radiology, imaging and other services out of the hospital could save the U.S. health system up to $147.7 billion in 2019 dollars annually, a recent study found. The study, published Aug. 14 in JAMA Network Open, conducted a survey of 1,069 physicians and advanced practice providers in 2021 and analyzed historical claims data from 5,000 diagnostic and procedural codes from 2019. They found that 10.3 percentage points of commercial and 10.9 percentage points of Medicare volume that take place in hospital settings could be shifted to alternative care sites.
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