Practice Management: Page 541

Center owner pleads guilty in NJ kickback case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a New Jersey imaging center that allegedly paid healthcare providers for patient referrals in violation of federal law has pleaded guilty in the case.
September 30, 2012
Inland Imaging to merge with Seattle group
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Inland Imaging Associates of Spokane, WA, and Seattle Radiologists of Seattle have announced plans to combine their two professional radiology groups, effective January 1, 2013, Inland Imaging said.
September 30, 2012
Radisphere adds Fla. hospital as customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere has signed a contract with Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center in Lake City, FL, to provide year-round 24/7 radiology services.
September 30, 2012
Premier touts hospital savings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Premier announced that hospitals participating in its Ascend purchasing program have saved more than $120 million over the past three years.
September 30, 2012
Patients want to hear exam results from radiologists
By Kate Madden Yee
Patients prefer hearing exam results from both their general physician and their interpreting radiologist, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. This is good news for a specialty challenged to come out of the reading room and into more daily patient contact.
September 27, 2012
LCA asks states to adopt low-dose CT screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) has concluded its nationwide campaign to urge state health officials to include coverage for low-dose CT screening for those at risk for lung cancer in their benchmark health plans.
September 27, 2012
Juweid reaches deal with Iowa medical board
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Former University of Iowa professor and nuclear medicine physician Dr. Malik Juweid has reached an agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine to no longer practice in the state.
September 27, 2012
ACR, AAPM, SIIM release practice guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have teamed to release practice guidelines for digital radiography, the electronic practice of medical imaging, and determinants of image quality in digital mammography.
September 27, 2012
Siegel signs with RadSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image quality certification and accreditation agency RadSite has named Dr. Eliot Siegel as its chief quality officer.
September 27, 2012
Alpha Imaging buys Reliant Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging equipment distributor Alpha Imaging has acquired imaging equipment service provider Reliant Medical Systems of Hanover, MD.
September 26, 2012
Healthcare spending driven by prices, not use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new report on healthcare utilization at private U.S. insurance companies indicates that despite some increases in utilization, healthcare spending growth between 2010 and 2011 was driven by prices charged by providers -- and that radiology's spending growth actually decreased.
September 26, 2012
Regular screening could drop breast cancer disparities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Regular mammography screening can help narrow the breast cancer gap between black and white women, according to a study conducted by Chicago researchers and published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
September 26, 2012
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