Practice Management: Page 579

Zotec scores Wash. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners has been awarded a five-year contract by Radia, a radiology and vascular group based in Everett WA, to manage its accounts receivable.
April 12, 2011
Sg2 names Lefar as president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare analytics firm Sg2 has named Steve Lefar as president, a new position at the company.
April 12, 2011
RadMD names Stefanelli COO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RadMD has named Douglas Stefanelli as chief operating officer (COO) and executive vice president.
April 12, 2011
Alliance Oncology buys US Radiosurgery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services, has acquired US Radiosurgery, a stereotactic radiosurgery provider based in Nashville, TN, for $54 million.
April 11, 2011
IsoRay receives additional financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has received an additional $500,000 in institutional financing.
April 11, 2011
iCAD nets patent for MRI product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has received a patent for its MRI analysis products for breast and prostate cancer detection.
April 11, 2011
Shimadzu ships mobile DR in North America
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shimadzu Medical Systems has delivered its first MobileDaRt Evolution digital x-ray units featuring a CXDI-70C wireless digital radiography (DR) detector from Canon U.S.A.
April 11, 2011
Health IT group opposes MedPAC vote
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Instead of requiring preauthorization for clinicians who order too many imaging tests, Medicare should utilize existing decision-support tools to promote appropriate use of imaging, according to lobbying alliance Imaging e-Ordering Coalition.
April 11, 2011
CT use for ER pediatric visits on rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Use of CT for children who visit the emergency department has increased fivefold, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and published online April 5 in Radiology.
April 7, 2011
Mostashari tapped to lead ONC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. Farzad Mostashari has been named to succeed Dr. David Blumenthal as the new head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the agency coordinating the U.S. government's policy on healthcare IT.
April 7, 2011
Merge names Whitaker as CMO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has as named Dr. Cheryl Whitaker as the company's first chief medical officer (CMO).
April 7, 2011
MedPAC advises preauthorization to reduce imaging overuse
By Kate Madden Yee
In a 15-1 vote on April 7, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that Medicare require clinicians who order more imaging studies than their peers to obtain prior authorization for advanced imaging.
April 7, 2011
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