Practice Management: Page 366

Neiman: Medicare imaging spending varies by state

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medicare per-beneficiary spending on medical imaging has declined in nearly every state since 2006, according to a new study conducted by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute and published in the October 2015 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 23, 2015

MBX wins Mountain Medical billing contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mountain Medical Physician Specialists has awarded Medical Billing Experts (MBX) an exclusive medical billing contract.

September 23, 2015

New GE division targets healthcare in emerging markets

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has created a new business unit designed to develop affordable new healthcare technologies for emerging markets around the world.

September 22, 2015

Tackling medicolegal concerns in PACS: Part 2

By Erik L. Ridley

To keep or not to keep? The question of whether or not to retain the markings produced by mammography computer-aided detection software to highlight suspicious findings could have important medicolegal implications, according to Dr. Eliot Siegel.

September 22, 2015

ACR offers praise for IOM report on diagnostic errors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement in support of a new report from the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) on reducing diagnostic errors.

September 21, 2015

CAMRT joins healthcare lobbying effort

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) said it's supporting the Health Action Lobby coalition in its effort to make healthcare issues a priority for the Canadian government.

September 21, 2015

Tackling medicolegal concerns in PACS: Part 1

By Erik L. Ridley

NEW YORK CITY - Who really "owns" medical images? And why isn't image compression used more often? These are a few of the questions addressed by Dr. Eliot Siegel in a talk on Monday at the New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium, which we're covering in a two-part series on medicolegal concerns in PACS.

September 21, 2015

Tips for correct use of the -X{EPSU} modifiers

By Jeff Majchrzak

Confused about Medicare's new -X{EPSU} modifiers? If so, you're not alone, as many radiology professionals have been puzzled about the new codes. In his latest column, Jeff Majchrzak of Panacea Healthcare Solutions offers advice and tips for using the new modifiers correctly.

September 21, 2015

Coding Strategies offers ICD-10 skill assessments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Coding Strategies has partnered with the Radiology Coding Certification Board to offer a radiology-focused assessment designed to confirm ICD-10-CM proficiency.

September 20, 2015

ABIM report backs replacing MOC exam

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has released a report prepared by its Assessment 2020 Task Force that addresses the future of its certification and maintenance of certification (MOC) programs.

September 20, 2015

Report: High rate of advanced breast cancer in Africa

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new report has found that a large majority of women with breast cancer in two countries in sub-Saharan Africa have the disease at an advanced stage.

September 20, 2015

AACR's cancer report brings good and bad news

By Kate Madden Yee

Although remarkable advances are being made against cancer, the disease continues to take an immense personal and economic toll, both nationally and internationally, according to the American Association for Cancer Research's (AACR) Cancer Progress Report 2015.

September 17, 2015

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