Practice Management: Page 449

Study: Price transparency reduces MR costs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Consumers who chose less expensive MRI exams after receiving price information helped save $220 per test in total health system costs, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.
August 4, 2014
SCCT announces Toshiba award recipients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced the recipients of the 2014 Toshiba Young Investigator Award (YIA).
August 4, 2014
Health Forum releases updated DataViewer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Health Forum, a strategic business enterprise of the American Hospital Association (AHA), has released an updated version of its AHA DataViewer that includes a new financial module.
August 3, 2014
Algorithm cuts CT use for appendicitis in children
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new diagnostic algorithm for children with suspected appendicitis can significantly reduce the use of CT, according to a study in Surgery.
July 31, 2014
NCAA reaches $70M concussion settlement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has settled litigation that calls for the group to provide $70 million for concussion testing of current and former NCAA student-athletes.
July 30, 2014
Calif. AG puts pressure on for-profit college
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A California firm accused of running "phantom" programs for radiologic technologists will give prospective students more information on its plans to shut down most of its campuses in the state under an agreement with the state's attorney general (AG).
July 29, 2014
Atirix readies maintenance, service tracking module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atirix Medical Systems said it will include its QC-Track.Planner module in the upcoming release of its QC-Track 4.3 software.
July 29, 2014
Making a Difference as a Sonographer: Tennis elbow, part 2
By Mark Roozen, Doug Wuebben
Repetitive movements on the job, such as the daily work of a sonographer, can trigger tennis elbow. Part 2 of this series presents three exercises sonographers can use to improve stability and strength to alleviate the condition.
July 29, 2014
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Report: ACR's PAC backs incumbents over rads
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's (ACR) political action committee, RADPAC, is spending more than $230,000 on support for incumbents in the Tennessee and Kansas Republican primary races -- rather than on radiologists who are challenging them for the posts, according to an article by the National Journal.
July 28, 2014
Ala. hospital, docs to pay $25M to settle claims
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A healthcare system in Alabama and a physician group practice have agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle claims made by the U.S. government that they violated federal antikickback laws.
July 28, 2014
Insurance status affects imaging use for acute stroke
By Kate Madden Yee
Patients' insurance status and the socioeconomic factors that may be connected to it influence the type of imaging they receive when they present with acute ischemic stroke, according to a new study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 28, 2014
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JAMA: Interstate medical licenses would boost telemedicine
By Erik L. Ridley
A proposal that would make it easier for physicians to get medical licenses across state lines could potentially boost access to care in underserved areas and stimulate the growth of telemedicine, according to a column published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
July 28, 2014
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