Practice Management: Page 240

Prestige signs new executives

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging technology and services provider Prestige Medical Imaging has named Ken Vaughan as executive vice president of sales and Michael Colaiacovo as vice president and managing partner for its Ohio region.

June 4, 2018

Vt. passes expanded breast screening coverage bill

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on May 21 signed into law HB 639, a bill that requires insurers in that state to cover additional breast imaging services without enforcing cost-sharing requirements.

June 4, 2018

ASRT names recipients of author awards

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has announced the recipients of two awards designed to recognize authors of the best peer-reviewed articles published in the group's two journals in 2017.

June 4, 2018

SIIM: Patients should have access to imaging studies

By Erik L. Ridley

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - The time is now to provide patients with easy and speedy access to their radiology images and reports, a leading patient advocate told attendees on Thursday at the opening session of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.

May 31, 2018

ACR touts merits of CT colonography for screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In response to the release of the American Cancer Society's new guideline for colorectal cancer screening, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has suggested that CT colonography may help improve screening rates for colorectal cancer.

May 30, 2018

New statement defines abusive head trauma in kids

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A coalition of nine physician groups has issued a consensus statement to define what constitutes abusive head trauma in children. The group hopes the statement will clarify the injuries of abusive head trauma and serve as a tool for the legal system in cases of child abuse.

May 30, 2018

New analysis supports benefits of HIEs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new meta-analysis of published research studies on the effectiveness of health information exchanges (HIEs) concluded that such exchanges reduce the cost and use of healthcare. The findings contradict a study published several years ago that found no evidence to back the benefits of HIEs.

May 30, 2018

ACR Foundation doles out global humanitarian award

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology Foundation has named Dr. Michael Nelson of Minnetonka, MN, as the 2018 recipient of its Global Humanitarian Award.

May 28, 2018

How IT innovation can improve healthcare in Canada

By Laurie Lafleur

While Canadians fiercely defend their country's healthcare system and its universal access to care, the Canadian model suffers from woes such as long wait times and a shortage of physicians. Laurie Lafleur of Paragon Consulting Partners suggests that innovation in healthcare IT can help address some of these shortcomings.

May 27, 2018

First steps toward APM participation for radiologists

By Richard Morris

There's no doubt that Medicare's payment for physician services is moving toward a value-based system, and many other healthcare payors are following that lead. Are you ready for the change? In this article, Richard Morris of Healthcare Administrative Partners helps you prepare for alternative payment models (APMs).

May 24, 2018

SNMMI schedules training forum for annual meeting

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) will host a special session on the training path for nuclear medicine physicians during its annual meeting in Philadelphia next month.

May 23, 2018

Lung cancer more common in white women than men

By Abraham Kim

The incidence rate of lung cancer is now higher in non-Hispanic white women in the U.S. than it is in men of the same race, flipping the historical trend of a higher incidence in men, according to research published in the May 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

May 23, 2018

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