Practice Management: Page 425

Zotec-MMP signs Ariz. group
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Zotec-MMP has won an exclusive billing and practice management contract with an Arizona teleradiology group.
April 30, 2014
Imaging groups weigh in on CT lung screening vote
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology and the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance are weighing in on a negative vote by a Medicare advisory committee regarding coverage of low-dose CT for lung cancer screening.
April 30, 2014
Calif. Asian women lag in mammography use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
California's Asian women have lower-than-average rates of mammography, according to a new report published by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Policy Research.
April 30, 2014
Medicare panel raises doubts about CT lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
Members of a Medicare advisory panel expressed a range of doubts about the benefits of CT lung cancer screening in a meeting on April 30 in Baltimore, giving screening low confidence scores. The question now becomes how the mostly negative panel meeting will shape the debate about Medicare reimbursement over the next six months.
April 30, 2014
MEDCAC panel shows low confidence in CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
CT lung cancer screening for high-risk individuals in the Medicare program received a vote of low confidence by a panel of medical experts meeting in Baltimore today. The vote seriously weakens the case for establishing Medicare payment for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.
April 29, 2014
ASRT debuts new online educational series
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has introduced Sectional Anatomy Essentials, an online educational tool designed to improve clinical competence.
April 28, 2014
What's behind plunging CT payments? And, patient portal pitfalls; CESM in Egypt
By Brian Casey
April 28, 2014
ASOR members offered discount on STATdx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Members of the Arab School of Radiology (ASOR) are being offered a 47% discount on STATdx decision-support software.
April 28, 2014
Radiologists hit hard by CT code bundling
By Kate Madden Yee
When reimbursement codes for CT of the abdomen and pelvis were bundled in 2011, there was a dramatic 29% reduction in imaging payments for these procedures, according to a study in the May American Journal of Roentgenology. Radiologists were the most affected, concluded Dr. David C. Levin and colleagues from Thomas Jefferson University.
April 28, 2014
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CAR: Canadian radiologists should champion appropriate imaging
By Louise Gagnon
MONTREAL - Championing a cause such as appropriateness in imaging is a way for Canadian radiologists to improve their visibility as a profession, as well as protect their turf, said the immediate past president of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) at the society's annual meeting last week.
April 28, 2014
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CIBR to hold medtech showcase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research (CIBR) is planning to hold its fifth annual Medical Technology Showcase in Washington, DC, on April 29.
April 27, 2014
Center owner gets 4 years for NJ fraud scheme
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a New Jersey imaging facility at the center of payment-for-patients scheme has been sentenced to almost four years in prison and a $2 million fine.
April 24, 2014
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