Practice Management: Page 538

HealthHelp debuts ED medicine service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm HealthHelp has introduced an education-based program intended to reduce inappropriate imaging utilization by emergency department (ED) physicians.
January 29, 2012
3 sites install RadSpa software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services providers Teleradiology Solutions and Telerad Tech have signed three contracts for the installation of their RadSpa radiology workflow intelligence system.
January 29, 2012
The Profit Center: Part 23 -- Strategies for exclusive contracting
By Mark F. Weiss
In these turbulent times, it is more important than ever to strategically approach the way in which exclusive contracting and group structure and functions are intertwined. To simply keep on keeping on, thinking business success will follow, is folly, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
January 29, 2012
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CDC: U.S. screening rates miss targets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer screening for three common cancers covered by U.S. screening programs still lags behind target levels, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week.
January 26, 2012
CT not cost-effective to investigate dizziness
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Performing head CT scans in the emergency room isn't cost-effective for patients complaining of dizziness, according to a study presented on January 26 at the Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, FL.
January 25, 2012
Study questions use of MRI for neuropathy patients
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that nearly one-quarter of patients with neuropathy diagnoses undergo MRI scans, while only 1% of patients receive far cheaper glucose tolerance tests, according to a study published January 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
January 24, 2012
ACRIN merges with ECOG
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) have combined organizations to become the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN).
January 24, 2012
Medicare fraud charges filed against 5 Pa. cardiologists
By Eric Barnes
A whistleblower suit filed this week in a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania alleges that cardiologists from two medical practices in the state defrauded Medicare by participating in illegal kickback schemes and performing unnecessary cardiac, vascular, and interventional procedures between 2001 and 2005.
January 23, 2012
Physician referral rates have nearly doubled
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Referral rates from primary care physicians to specialists in the U.S. doubled between 1999 and 2009, according to a new study published online January 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
January 23, 2012
ACR urges Congress to block imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to support legislation that would block diagnostic imaging cuts and to include it within a forthcoming, long-term Medicare proposal.
January 23, 2012
HealthHelp adds decision support to portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm HealthHelp has debuted Rank and Suggest Alternatives, a new service that combines computer-based clinical decision support with diagnostic imaging benefits management.
January 23, 2012
Boston Scientific wins patent ruling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Boston Scientific said that U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in its favor in a patent infringement suit filed by Johnson & Johnson.
January 22, 2012
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