John Stiles[email protected]EconomicsIs there a fox in your billing henhouse?"Don't let the fox guard the henhouse" is an idiom used to point out to somebody that his or her action could invite disaster. In this column, John Stiles of HealthPro Medical Billing offers some advice for medical practices on making sure they don't end up with a fox in their billing henhouse.June 28, 2017EconomicsWho should do your radiology billing?When it comes to medical billing, there are two options: in-house billing and outsourced billing. The question is which one is right for your specific radiology group. With reimbursement shrinking, radiologists must weigh the pros and cons of both options.July 11, 2013EconomicsHow to get a good deal in payor contract negotiationsWhen a radiology group is about to enter negotiations with a commercial insurance payor, what's the first thing it should concentrate on? If the group focuses myopically on rates for imaging services, it might end up getting shortchanged, according to John Stiles of HealthPro Medical Billing, who offers a better approach.February 27, 2013Page 1 of 1Top StoriesMRIUnstable brain networks may drive multiple sclerosis fatigueFatigue affects between 36.5% and 78% of people with multiple sclerosis and can dramatically impair their daily lives.Womens ImagingAI-calculated BAC on mammograms predicts cardiovascular disease in womenCardiac ImagingECR: Cardiac imaging is at the 'heart' of precision medicineUltrasoundUltrasound MinnieCast, Episode 3: Focused ultrasound brings hope to patientsWomens ImagingECR: LLMs help patients understand breast imaging reports
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
