Practice Management: Page 446

Cardiology group to pay $1.3M in Stark case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A cardiology group in New York has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.3 million to settle charges that it compensated physicians based on how many patients they referred for medical imaging scans.

August 28, 2014

Is more radiology code bundling in store for 2015?

By Jeff Majchrzak

Is more code bundling in store for radiology in 2015? It just might be as the American Medical Association seeks to correct healthcare services that it perceives to be "misvalued," according to the first in a series of new articles by Panacea Healthcare Solutions.

August 28, 2014

ACR cries foul as DNA test beats CTC to Medicare approval

By Eric Barnes

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is crying foul after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently approved a stool DNA test for colorectal cancer screening -- as reimbursement for CT colonography (CTC) continues to languish.

August 27, 2014

Exercise equipment in reading room gets radiologists moving

By Kate Madden Yee

Ever feel like you're on a treadmill? Some radiologists at the University of Washington get that feeling every day, especially after exercise equipment was installed in their reading room. It's all in the name of keeping radiologists healthy by improving their physical activity, according to an article in the September American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 27, 2014

Brainlab planning software used in Tel Aviv

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Brainlab said its new Automatic Brain Metastases Planning software is now being used at Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.

August 26, 2014

CDI names new president

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) has promoted Chief Operating Officer (COO) Rick Long to president and COO.

August 26, 2014

RLI honors Levin, Donaldson, Morin

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) has named Dr. David C. Levin, Dr. Sarah Donaldson, and Richard Morin, PhD, as the 2014 recipients of its RLI Leadership Luminary Award.

August 25, 2014

AMGA survey: Radiologist compensation has increased

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologist compensation rose over the three-year period from 2011 to 2014, including an increase from 2013 to 2014, according to a new survey on physician salaries conducted by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA).

August 25, 2014

Medicaid payments may influence cancer screening rates

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In states with higher Medicaid payments for office visits, beneficiaries were more likely to be screened for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, according to a study published online in the journal Cancer.

August 24, 2014

JACR: In a flat job market, it pays to be flexible

By Kate Madden Yee

The U.S. radiology job market in 2014 appears to be flat, with 1,114 new positions compared to last year's 1,069, according to the third annual workforce survey by the ACR's Commission on Human Resources. The survey results were published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

August 24, 2014

Dual-use probe combines optical, nuclear imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Ohio State University have completed a pilot study with a peptide-based molecule that could function as both an optical and nuclear imaging agent, with both therapeutic and diagnostic uses.

August 21, 2014

NCBC signs deal to train health navigators

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) has announced a collaboration with the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute for training healthcare navigators.

August 20, 2014

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