Practice Management: Page 479

Carville, Rove share competing visions for U.S. healthcare
By Erik L. Ridley
As might be expected, political consultants James Carville and Karl Rove found little to agree on during a debate at last week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting. However, they did offer an intelligent and surprisingly civil discussion that illuminated the U.S. healthcare dilemma.
March 12, 2013
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HealthHelp names new CMO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm HealthHelp announced that Dr. Anthony DeFrance has been appointed as chief medical officer (CMO).
March 12, 2013
New York Imaging Service acquires GXC Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray provider New York Imaging Service of Newburgh has acquired GXC Imaging Specialists, a western New York-based medical imaging company specializing in capital equipment sales and service.
March 12, 2013
Texas rad practice pays fine for US double billing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiology practice in Texas has agreed to pay an $800,000 fine to settle charges that it billed twice for the reading and interpretation of genetic ultrasound exams.
March 11, 2013
HIMSS 2013 attendance falls 6.3%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Attendance fell 6.3% at the 2013 edition of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting in New Orleans, compared with the previous year's show in Las Vegas.
March 11, 2013
NFL tackles brain injury; does MRI make techs sad? And, how do rads look on TV?
By Brian Casey
March 11, 2013
'Unfair' regulatory stance on radiotracers poses threat to PET's future
By Becky McCall
VIENNA - Legal and regulatory issues surrounding the production and uses of radiotracers represent a significant threat to PET imaging, a senior luminary told ECR 2013 attendees at Sunday's professional challenges session on the legal matters related to multimodality techniques.
March 10, 2013
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A 3-piece jigsaw: patient, radiologist, clinician. But do they fit together?
By Becky McCall
VIENNA - The delicate balance of power and complex set of interactions between radiologists, patients, and clinicians was the subject of some lively and frank discussion at Sunday's professional challenges session, which followed a novel and original format, at ECR 2013.
March 10, 2013
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High-field MRI exposure linked to techs' depression
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - As MRI continues to advance to greater magnet strengths to uncover mysteries in the body, researchers warned on Monday at ECR 2013 that constant exposure to high-field systems could lead to psychological problems such as clinical depression among MRI technologists.
March 10, 2013
CT colonography screening bill reintroduced in House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) and co-sponsor Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) have reintroduced HR 991, the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act.
March 10, 2013
CMS: 2% Medicare fee-for-service cuts begin April 1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that all claims from healthcare providers for Medicare fee-for-service program reimbursement will be subject to a 2% reduction, effective April 1.
March 10, 2013
ECR 2013
Toshiba Medical Systems is highlighting "green" technology powering its ultrasound scanners.
March 10, 2013
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