Practice Management: Page 443

Groups support use of echo in cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging have released a consensus statement recommending the use of echocardiography in cancer patients.
September 22, 2014
Carestream scores deal with Green Bay Packers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has signed the NFL's Green Bay Packers as a new customer.
September 22, 2014
Irish radiology department finds it's not easy being green
By Kate Madden Yee
A new survey found that radiology staff members at a hospital in Ireland were reluctant to take simple actions that could save thousands of dollars in energy costs. Administrators may therefore need to take more extreme actions, such as programming computers to automatically go into sleep mode overnight, to wring out cost savings.
September 22, 2014
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ASNC: Should nuclear technologists read SPECT MPI scans?
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - Nuclear medicine technologists were nearly as accurate as cardiologists in reading stress-first SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) studies, according to research presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting. The study hints at a role for technologists in determining which patients could avoid the rest portion of the scans.
September 21, 2014
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vRad settles patent lawsuit against Tandem
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) and its NightHawk Radiology Services subsidiary have settled a lawsuit asserting patent infringement by Tandem Radiology.
September 18, 2014
Sandy's silver lining: Hurricane creates impetus for change
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - Hurricane Sandy was a catastrophic event for New York City, but it did have a silver lining for NYU Langone Medical Center's radiology department. With help from informatics, the storm precipitated significant and lasting workflow and quality improvements, according to a Thursday talk at the New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium.
September 18, 2014
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Mobile imaging owner indicted in $7.5M Medicare fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a Maryland mobile imaging provider that performed radiology studies that were allegedly never read by actual physicians has been indicted in a U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
September 17, 2014
ASTRO: Radiation therapy cost analysis suggests inefficiency
By Kate Madden Yee
SAN FRANCISCO - A new analysis of radiation therapy costs presented at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting has found wide variations that aren't related to patient or disease factors. Costs varied between standalone centers and hospital departments -- a variance that has since been flattened by changes in Medicare reimbursement.
September 17, 2014
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Incomplete documentation jeopardizes radiology payments
By Jeff Majchrzak
Insufficient documentation is behind most improper payments, according to the government agencies responsible for policing Medicare program claims. Those same agencies repeatedly advise healthcare providers that they can avoid errors by complying with documentation requirements, including those in local coverage determinations.
September 16, 2014
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ASTRO: RT alone helps relieve dysphagia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy (RT) alone is as effective as radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy for decreasing swallowing complications experienced by advanced esophageal cancer patients, according to research presented at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in San Francisco.
September 15, 2014
ASTRO, AANS to launch stereotactic radiosurgery registry
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) plan to launch a stereotactic radiosurgery patient registry.
September 14, 2014
ASTRO: 5 rad oncology treatments to question
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
At its annual meeting in San Francisco, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released its second list of five radiation oncology-specific treatments that are commonly ordered but may not always be appropriate.
September 14, 2014
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