Practice Management: Page 524

Report shows radiology use at private payors slowed in 2010
By Kate Madden Yee
A new report on healthcare utilization at private U.S. insurance companies indicates that radiology use is declining while many other healthcare services are growing. The drop mirrors similar findings in the Medicare system, leading radiology backers to repeat charges that imaging is being singled out unfairly for cuts.
May 21, 2012
International Congress of Radiology draws 5,000 to Brazil
By Otha Linton
The International Congress of Radiology and São Paulo Radiological Meeting on May 3-6 was the first occasion in which both the International Society of Radiology and the Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Society of São Paulo cooperated on a scientific program.
May 20, 2012
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Whistleblower claims net $1.5M from CDI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The last of several whistleblower claims against the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), a radiology firm with facilities in seven U.S. states, have been settled for $1.5 million, according to legal firm Hagens Berman.
May 17, 2012
Dallas imaging practice squabble yields $11M jury award
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A legal dispute between former partners in two North Texas diagnostic imaging centers has led to a $10.7 million award for a Dallas county physician.
May 16, 2012
Study: Physician tablet use going mainstream
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Physician adoption of tablet computers for professional purposes has almost doubled since 2011, and Apple's iPad is the dominant tablet platform in use, according to a study by healthcare market research and advisory firm Manhattan Research.
May 16, 2012
AG Mednet launches clinical trial QA software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging exchange network AG Mednet has launched software designed to reduce errors in imaging-related clinical trials.
May 16, 2012
Ex-teleradiologist finds not all practices are created equal
By Erik L. Ridley
Variety may be the spice of life, but it's not really a good model for practicing medicine. A radiologist who spent two years in teleradiology said he found dramatic variations in radiology practice across the country, differences that could illustrate some of the larger issues bedeviling U.S. healthcare.
May 16, 2012
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Sand scanners: Austrian-led team delivers quality in the desert
By Nick Walshe
An oasis in the Arabian Desert was an unlikely place for an Austrian radiologist to be offered the most extraordinary opportunity of his career. But as European radiologists worry about job security, Dr. Michael Fuchsjäger and his multinational team's story shows how the best professional opportunities may lie a long way from home.
May 15, 2012
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DICOM Grid wins $5M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cloud-based imaging platform developer DICOM Grid has announced the close of a $5 million financing expansion round.
May 15, 2012
MITA to IRS: Don't impose medical imaging tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) appealed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at a May 16 hearing on proposed medical device excise tax regulations imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
May 15, 2012
Fonar posts healthy Q3 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased revenues from its imaging center management business propelled MRI vendor Fonar to double-digit growth in the company's third fiscal quarter (end-March 31).
May 14, 2012
HHS launches tool to track U.S. health system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a Web-based tool designed to inform and measure how the nation's healthcare system is performing.
May 14, 2012
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