Practice Management: Page 275

HAP signs NJ imaging center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare Administrative Partners (HAP) said it has added MRI of Woodbridge in Avenel, NJ, to its customer list.

September 27, 2017

Mednax buys Jefferson Radiology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

National medical group Mednax has purchased Jefferson Radiology and Jefferson Imaging Assoc. in Hartford, CT.

September 27, 2017

C-MIMI: Google eyes imaging AI to improve world health

By Erik L. Ridley

BALTIMORE - Machine learning will transform the practice of medical imaging worldwide, enhancing quality and improving access in underserved areas, said Google executive Dr. Gregory Moore, PhD, at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (C-MIMI).

September 26, 2017

NEMA publishes low-contrast image-quality tool review

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published a new guidance that reviews an image phantom tool designed for low-contrast medical image quality assessment.

September 26, 2017

U.S. Senate Republicans table Graham-Cassidy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.S. Senate Republicans have tabled their latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, drafted earlier this month by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), according to a Politico report.

September 25, 2017

ACR sounds alarm regarding CMS' site-neutral policy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) met with Trump administration appointees to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Management and Budget to express concern about policies that could threaten implementation of clinical decision support and lead to further cuts to radiology reimbursement.

September 25, 2017

Beacon taps new VP of marketing, business development

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Beacon International has hired Melissa Roy as vice president of marketing and business development.

September 25, 2017

Tailored education gets Muslim women to mammography

By Kate Madden Yee

Receiving education on breast screening that was tailored to their religion helped Muslim women overcome their concerns about mammography and get screened, according to research presented at an American Association for Cancer Research conference in Atlanta by a team from the University of Chicago.

September 25, 2017

Docs with scanners order more low-value imaging

By Brian Casey

Physicians with a history of imaging use are more inclined to order low-value imaging -- especially if they own the scanners, according to a September 25 study in JAMA Internal Medicine. The findings could affect the debate over whether prohibitions against physician self-referral should be extended to in-office imaging.

September 25, 2017

McCain to oppose Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sen. John McCain announced that he will oppose the Graham-Cassidy proposal, the Republican Party's latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate Finance Committee plans to hold a hearing on the legislation on September 25, according to a report from Politico.

September 21, 2017

SonaCare highlights Medicare payment hike for HIFU

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) developer SonaCare Medical said that Medicare reimbursement will soon increase for prostate HIFU ablation procedures performed in ambulatory surgical center settings.

September 20, 2017

Siemens to launch RT version of Vida MRI scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers will debut a new version of its Magnetom Vida 3-tesla MRI scanner designed for radiation therapy (RT) planning at the upcoming American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting in San Diego.

September 20, 2017

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