Practice Management: Page 540

ACR touts CT dose registry milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's (ACR) Dose Index Registry has logged 1 million CT scans from 326 registered facilities since its launch less than a year ago, the organization said.
January 30, 2012
Utah sends breast density bill to Senate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A committee in the Utah state Senate has approved legislation that would encourage that state's radiologists to include breast density data on mammogram results sent to patients.
January 30, 2012
Study casts doubt on whether radiologists self-refer
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists' recommendations for follow-up exams account for less than 6% of outpatient high-cost imaging exams, according to a new study published in the February issue of Radiology. The study adds further data to the debate over which factors have boosted advanced imaging use -- and, thus, healthcare costs.
January 30, 2012
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
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