F-FDG PET/CT Sheds Light on a Case of Hyponatremia.

A 76-y-old man with hypoosmolar hyponatremia of unknown origin was referred to the nuclear medicine department for F-FDG PET/CT to exclude a malignant cause. Increased F-FDG uptake in both adrenal glands was observed and investigated.

Time and Financial Costs for Physician Practices to Participate in the Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System: A Qualitative Study.

Importance: The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a major Medicare value-based purchasing program, influencing payment for more than 1 million clinicians annually. There is a growing concern that MIPS increases administrative burden, and little is known about what it costs physician practices to participate in the program.

Objective: To examine the costs for independent physician practices to participate in MIPS in 2019.

Physician Practice Leaders' Perceptions of Medicare's Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

Background: Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a major value-based purchasing program. Little is known about how physician practice leaders view the program and its benefits and challenges.

Objective: To understand practice leaders' perceptions of MIPS.

Dementia and Falls Management in Underserved Populations: The Cognition and Mobility Care Management Program.

Background/objectives: Cognitive and mobility impairments are common and underdiagnosed chronic conditions that afflict community-dwelling older adults. This study describes the organization, implementation, and evaluation of an intervention for underserved and ethnically diverse older patients with dementia and/or falls risk.

Design: Observation, baseline and 1 year after intervention.

In vivo 3D brain and extremity MRI at 50 mT using a permanent magnet Halbach array.

Purpose: To design a low-cost, portable permanent magnet-based MRI system capable of obtaining in vivo MR images within a reasonable scan time.

Methods: A discretized Halbach permanent magnet array with a clear bore diameter of 27 cm was designed for operation at 50 mT. Custom-built gradient coils, RF coil, gradient amplifiers, and RF amplifier were integrated and tested on both phantoms and in vivo.