Practice Management: Page 199

SNMMI announces leadership slate for 2019-2020

By Brian Casey

ANAHEIM, CA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has announced its leadership slate for the 2019-2020 term, with Dr. Vasken Dilsizian taking over as president and Alan Packard, PhD, serving as president-elect.

June 25, 2019

Video from SNMMI 2019: Dr. Barry Siegel on PET reimbursement

ANAHEIM, CA - Having a lecture at a prominent medical conference named after you is a major honor for any physician. Delivering the inaugural eponymous lecture at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual conference, Dr. Barry Siegel addressed PET reimbursement.

June 24, 2019

Digital radiography may be leading to 'collimation creep'

By Brian Casey

Is the desire to produce "prettier" x-ray images leading to "collimation creep" as radiographers crop digital radiography images rather than use more appropriate collimation settings? That's the contention of a paper published in the June edition of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

June 24, 2019

NEMA revises manual for gauging SPECT performance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has released an updated version of its manual for measuring and reporting the performance parameters of SPECT scanners.

June 23, 2019

ASRT appoints new speaker, vice speaker

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has elected Joseph Whitton as speaker and Daniel DeMaio as vice speaker of the ASRT House of Delegates for the 2019-2020 term.

June 23, 2019

Officials release fingers to family of Mumbai MRI victim

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Police have returned to his family the fingers of a 32-year-old man who died in an MRI accident at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, in January 2018.

June 19, 2019

Office manager in Calif. referral scam gets 5 years

By Brian Casey

The office manager of a Southern California imaging center that paid referring physicians for patient referrals has been sentenced to five years in prison. The sentencing marks the end of a state and federal investigation into healthcare fraud dubbed Operation Backlash.

June 19, 2019

Practical Considerations of AI: Part 4 -- Adoption

By Michael J. Cannavo

PACSman Michael J. Cannavo explores some potential applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology and offers advice on how institutions can get started on the path to implementing the technology in part 4 of his Practical Considerations of AI series.

June 18, 2019

Imaging Biometrics teams with CorTechs Labs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Imaging Biometrics and brain imaging software developer CorTechs Labs have inked a nonexclusive business development agreement.

June 17, 2019

Konica Minolta to offer new financing options for Exa

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas will offer a new financing services program for its Exa enterprise imaging platform.

June 17, 2019

Update on interventional radiology coding and billing

By Sandy Coffta

Proper coding of physician services is essential to efficient billing and the optimization of reimbursement from payors, including commercial and governmental entities. The current procedural terminology codes issued by the American Medical Association to describe physician procedures are supposed to be recognized as standards, but in practice they are not accepted equally by all payors.

June 16, 2019

MedPAC June report focuses on site of service

By Kate Madden Yee

In some good news for radiology, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) June report to the U.S. Congress does not propose any cuts in physician payments beyond statutory updates mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

June 13, 2019

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