Practice Management: Page 571

AMIC lobbies against MedPAC recommendations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) is asking Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) chairman Glenn Hackbarth to reconsider the commission's recent recommendations on diagnostic imaging utilization.
June 13, 2011
AHIMA names interim CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Rose Dunn has been named interim CEO at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) after the departure of the organization's CEO and chief operating officer last month.
June 12, 2011
Segall elected SNM president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has elected Dr. George Segall as the president of SNM for the next 12 months.
June 12, 2011
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Study finds gender bias in nuclear stress tests
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A group of cardiologists in Rhode Island say a possible gender disparity may exist in how patients are referred for nuclear stress tests, according to the study published online June 8 by the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.
June 9, 2011
Fla. center to pay $3M to settle false-claims charges
By Kate Madden Yee
A Florida imaging center has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that it filed false Medicare claims that violated Stark law prohibitions on physician self-referral, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
June 8, 2011
IMP merges with Barrington Lakes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging company Integrated Medical Partners (IMP) has merged with physician-group practice management and consulting firm Barrington Lakes Group.
June 8, 2011
MMP adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Billing and practice management services provider Medical Management Professionals (MMP) has received a contract from Norwalk Radiology Consultants in Connecticut.
June 7, 2011
'No-fly' policy improves radiation oncology safety
By Cynthia E. Keen
What's more important, starting radiation therapy for a patient as scheduled or ensuring treatment accuracy? For a network of New York radiation therapy centers, safety trumps schedule under a quality assurance (QA) program that "grounds" patients from treatment if a mandatory QA process doesn't check out.
June 7, 2011
Breast density bills advance in Texas, Calif.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation that would mandate that women be informed of their breast density has advanced in state Legislatures in both Texas and California.
June 6, 2011
Relay critical results quickly to avoid malpractice suits
By Kate Madden Yee
Putting a quality improvement initiative in place to develop and reinforce critical test results communication can improve a department's performance by more than 60%. This not only helps patient care, it protects radiologists from malpractice suits, according to a study published this month in Radiology.
June 6, 2011
SNM exceeds fundraising goal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SAN ANTONIO - The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has exceeded its fundraising goal in its five-year "Bench to Bedside" program.
June 5, 2011
SIIM: 'Meaningful use' can be mastered
By Cynthia E. Keen
WASHINGTON, DC - From a radiology perspective, federal requirements to implement healthcare IT are unnecessary at best and ridiculous at worst. But they're here to stay. At the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting, the "Dwyer Lecture" provided a synopsis of achieving meaningful use, government style.
June 3, 2011
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