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Please enter the estimated number of myocardial perfusion studies you will perform each week. One myocardial perfusion study includes one stress and one rest acquisition. The technical and professional portions are included in the rate for perfusion, wall motion and ejection fraction analysis.
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Please enter the estimated number of general (non-myocardial perfusion) nuclear medicine studies you will perform each week. Examples include, but are not limited to: bone scan, MUGA, gall bladder ejection fraction, renal, and thyroid scan.
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It is very typical for growth to occur after adding nuclear imaging. Please enter an estimated annual growth rate, as a percentage. If you’re not sure, a 5% growth rate is an extremely conservative estimate.
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By selecting this option, the website will attempt to recommend the optimal camera based on your specific mix and quantity of studies you intend to perform. If you deselect this option, you will be allowed to select the specific camera model you have in mind.
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You may only select a specific camera model if you deselect the “Automatically Recommend Equipment” option above. Otherwise, the optimal camera for your specific mix and quantity of studies will be automatically selected on your behalf. The automatic select will appear here after you have entered values for both the Myocardial Perfusion and General Nuclear fields above.
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You must select a finance period of 36, 48 or 60 months in order to calculate the ROI. If you intend to finance through other means or purchase a camera outright, please contact the MEDX sales staff at 800.323.6339 for a customized proforma.
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Please enter the average annual salary of a full-time certified nuclear medicine technologist in your region. If you’re not sure, $60,000 is a good average value to utilize.
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Please enter the expected annual cost of the benefits package that you would offer to a full-time certified nuclear medicine technologist in your region. If you’re not sure, $15,000 is a good average value to utilize.
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Please enter the average hourly pay rate of a part-time certified nuclear medicine technologist in your region. If you’re not sure, $35/hour is a good average value to utilize.
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Please enter the typical bad debt write-off value, as a percentage of revenue, for your practice. It is important to include this value in the calculation as bad debt can affect your specific ROI.
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Please enter the percentage of your patients that have Medicare for reimbursement. The remaining percentage will be assumed to have private healthcare insurance. The bad debt percentage will be subtracted from the TOTAL revenue.
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By selecting this option, the website will include the cost of health physics in the ROI calculation. A health physics contract includes quarterly site inspections and insures that your lab is meeting state and federal regulations on the use of radioactive materials.
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By selecting this option, the website will include the cost of annual gamma camera testing by a licensed radiation physicist, which is required for laboratory accreditation through ACR (American College of Radiologists). Some private health insurance companies require laboratory accreditation to receive reimbursement.
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Enter in any additional costs you expect to incur per patient study. This value will be multiplied by the total number of studies you expect to perform and deducted from the total revenue in the ROI calculation.
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Enter in any additional costs you expect to incur per year of operating your lab. This value will be deducted from the total revenue in the ROI calculation.
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