Practice Management: Page 576

Medical audits help breast centers track performance
By Kate Madden Yee
LAS VEGAS - Just hearing the word "audit" can make radiologists at even the most organized imaging practices start to sweat. But if an audit is done well, it can actually support -- and even promote -- a facility's radiology services, according to a presentation at the National Consortium of Breast Centers meeting this week.
March 14, 2011
NVIDIA debuts new graphics display
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Graphic-processor developer NVIDIA has launched its new NVIDIA Quadro 2000D graphics display for professional medical imaging environments.
March 14, 2011
ACR: Mammo readers wanted
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's (ACR) Image Metrix contract research organization is looking for radiologists to read mammograms at the ACR Clinical Research Center in Philadelphia for three days in May through July.
March 14, 2011
OIA expands in 5 states
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging center developer Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (OIA) has acquired seven outpatient imaging centers from Diagnostic Health in Tennessee, Alabama, and Colorado. The terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
March 14, 2011
USPSTF names new leadership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has changed its top leadership, with new physicians with backgrounds in family medicine, pediatrics, and geriatrics taking over the chair and co-vice chair positions.
March 13, 2011
Medipattern scores $3M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern has completed a $3 million Canadian ($3 million U.S.) financing transaction.
March 13, 2011
Rad therapy groups plan Capitol Hill visit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Professional societies that represent radiation oncology service providers and cancer survivors are taking their case to Congress, sponsoring a briefing on March 31 for members of Congress and their staffs on the role of radiation oncology in the war on cancer.
March 13, 2011
RadNet grows Q4 revenue, net income
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet reported 10% growth in revenue and an increase in net income in the company's fourth quarter.
March 13, 2011
MPFS: Slashed almost 30% in 2012?
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare physician reimbursement will be cut by 29.5% in 2012 unless long-term action is taken, the agency said in a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
March 10, 2011
FDA issues warning on Calif. mammo center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding quality issues in mammograms taken at an imaging center in Huntington Park, CA.
March 10, 2011
Medical groups ask for changes to stage 2 'meaningful use'
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. government should make major changes to its draft proposal for stage 2 meaningful use requirements for healthcare IT stimulus funding, according to comments submitted by the American Medical Association, the American College of Radiology, and 38 other specialty medical organizations.
March 10, 2011
SNM to collaborate with NCCN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM has announced a collaboration with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to advance research for cancer imaging and therapies.
March 9, 2011
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