Practice Management: Page 491

Court orders mediation in alleged Fla. Medicare fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Federal prosecutors pursuing a multimillion dollar whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing of radiation therapy services by multiple healthcare providers in Pensacola, FL, have been ordered to attempt to mediate a settlement, according to an article in the Pensacola News Journal.
December 30, 2012
Physicians prefer phone/fax over email for nonurgent alerts
By Cynthia E. Keen
A low-cost, low-tech centralized radiology notification system to convey nonurgent significant findings and amended reports is working well for both radiologists and physicians affiliated with a large teaching hospital in Sydney.
December 26, 2012
CMS reports fraud prevention savings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Fraud Prevent System saved an estimated $115.4 million in projected savings, according to a September 2012 report to Congress of its first implantation year performance that has now been made publicly available.
December 23, 2012
ACMCS members join AHIMA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The 500-plus members of the American College of Medical Coding Specialists (ACMCS) have joined the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
December 23, 2012
MITA lauds Congress for push on Medicare rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) today thanked 17 members of Congress for delivering a letter to House leaders warning about reimbursement cuts to medical imaging.
December 20, 2012
IHE publishes new radiology white papers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Radiology Technical Committee has published two new white papers this week, one on the subject of management of report templates and the other defining cross-enterprise screening mammography workflow.
December 20, 2012
Are radiologists entrepreneurial? Not so much
By Kate Madden Yee
For years, radiology has been among the higher-earning physician specialties, and radiologists have often been thought of as entrepreneurial. But how close is this perception to reality? Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals discussed the topic at the RSNA 2012 meeting.
December 20, 2012
Report: U.S. therapeutic radiopharma market set for growth
By Wayne Forrest
Fueled by new radiopharmaceuticals to treat various forms of cancer, U.S. sales of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals over the next several years could reach $5.8 billion by 2020, according to a new market research report from Bio-Tech Systems.
December 19, 2012
American Brain Tumor Association offers grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Brain Tumor Association said it's now accepting applications for its 2013 Basic Research Fellowships and Translational Grants.
December 19, 2012
FCC seeks healthcare initiatives director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking a director of healthcare initiatives.
December 18, 2012
MITA lauds CMS PET tracer proposal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is lauding the proposal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove the national noncoverage decision for PET with radiopharmaceuticals for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved oncologic applications.
December 17, 2012
ACR Select moves ahead with debut at RSNA 2012
By Brian Casey
If you were at RSNA 2012, you may have missed the small green booth along the edge of the South Building exhibit floor in McCormick Place. But ACR Select's debut RSNA appearance was an important harbinger of the progress the project is making in trying to solve the problem of inappropriate medical imaging utilization.
December 17, 2012
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