Practice Management: Page 103

Imaging center CEO sentenced to 5 years in jail

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sam Sarkis Solakyan, the CEO of several medical imaging companies in Southern California, has been sentenced to five years in prison after his conviction in a scheme that generated more than $250 million in fraudulent claims through the state workers' compensation system.

January 31, 2022

UnitedHealthcare launches imaging provider assessment program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

UnitedHealthcare has launched a new imaging provider assessment program that will influence payments to healthcare providers based on a quality ratings system that the company is developing, the American College of Radiology reported.

January 31, 2022

Vulcan Imaging acquires Women's Imaging Associates

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Vulcan Imaging Associates of Birmingham, AL, has purchased Women's Imaging Associates in order to provide breast imaging expertise to its clients.

January 30, 2022

Inland Imaging's Duvoisin to retire

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Longtime Inland Imaging chief executive officer (CEO) Steve Duvoisin is retiring after 37 years in the position. He is being replaced by Chris Patrick.

January 27, 2022

French doctor faces legal action over sale of Bataclan survivor's x-ray

By Philip Ward

A senior orthopedic surgeon faces legal action and a possible disciplinary charge after attempting to sell an x-ray of a concertgoer who was shot during the 2015 terrorist attack on the Bataclan music venue in Paris, according to media reports.

January 27, 2022

Where patients live has big effect on breast cancer treatment

By Amerigo Allegretto

Location, location, location. It's true in real estate, and it may be true in healthcare as well, at least according to the authors of a January 27 study in JAMA Oncology, who found that where patients live is perhaps the biggest determinant of the quality of breast cancer treatment they receive.

January 26, 2022

Coding changes that will impact radiology practices in 2022

By Erin Stephens

There are 249 new codes in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) system that are now in effect for 2022, plus 93 revised codes and 63 deleted codes. Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners helps explain what the new codes mean.

January 26, 2022

Arab Health: Improving efficiency key to radiology's future

By Will Morton

Radiology needs to become more efficient to adapt to the shift in the U.S. to value-based care, according to a presentation January 24 by Dr. Giles Boland on the future of medical imaging at Arab Health 2022 in Dubai.

January 25, 2022

Lego Group donates model MRI scanners to hospitals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Lego Group is donating model MRI scanners to hospitals in an effort to help educate and calm children, according to an article published by Brick Fanatics.

January 24, 2022

RadNet broadens AI focus with acquisitions of Aidence, Quantib

By Erik L. Ridley and Philip Ward

Imaging services provider RadNet has acquired Dutch artificial intelligence (AI) software developers Aidence and Quantib in deals that the company hopes will enable wide-scale screening programs for lung and prostate cancer.

January 23, 2022

Twitter activity plunges during virtual conferences

By Brian Casey

The shift to virtual conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic could have an unexpected consequence -- a plunge in Twitter activity during virtual meetings, according to a study published January 20 in Insights into Imaging.

January 23, 2022

MITA takes aim at CMS proposal to limit Alzheimer's drug coverage

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) is speaking out against changes proposed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to restrict payments related to new drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease.

January 20, 2022

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