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CMS: Meaningful use driving EHR adoption
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that federal incentive payments under the meaningful use program are driving the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), which are reducing errors and communicating data to patients.
July 16, 2013
Zotec nabs Kan. contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing firm Zotec Partners has won a contract with two Kansas imaging centers.
July 16, 2013
HIMSS unveils Health IT Value Suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has unveiled Health IT Value Suite, a "knowledge repository" that aims to classify, quantify, and articulate the clinical, financial, and business impact of healthcare IT.
July 16, 2013
GAO report shows doctors refer path tests for financial gain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that shows increases in the rates of doctors ordering anatomic pathology tests when they stand to gain financially.
July 15, 2013
Gamma Medica wraps up financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma Medica said it has closed on a $16 million series A financing round from healthcare investment firm Psilos Group Managers.
July 15, 2013
ContextVision wins patent lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image enhancement developer ContextVision has won a patent lawsuit involving imaging services company Sapheneia.
July 15, 2013
Groups decry medical device excise tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturers have now paid an estimated $1 billion to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for the medical device excise tax, according to several groups representing medical device manufacturers.
July 15, 2013
Japanese government reimburses for PEM scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan announced that its Japanese distributor, SCETI, has received notification of reimbursement approval for Naviscan's positron emission mammography (PEM) scanner.
July 14, 2013
ACR comments on draft SGR repeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has thrown its support behind a draft bill that would repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for determining Medicare reimbursement.
July 14, 2013
Who should do your radiology billing?
By John Stiles
When it comes to medical billing, there are two options: in-house billing and outsourced billing. The question is which one is right for your specific radiology group. With reimbursement shrinking, radiologists must weigh the pros and cons of both options.
July 11, 2013
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ARA keeps hospitals, radiology groups working together
By Kate Madden Yee
The advent of teleradiology has changed the way radiology is practiced, disrupting the exclusive business arrangements between hospitals and their radiology groups and opening the market to competition. A new consulting firm called Accountable Radiology Advisors (ARA) hopes to help groups make the transition to the new reality.
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More Medicare payment cuts; 3D and your clinicians; new PET uses
By Brian Casey
July 10, 2013
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