Practice Management: Page 580

CNN finds evidence of board exam cheating
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a story posted on its website and in television airings this weekend, CNN is reporting on the widespread use of "recalls," or the sharing of American Board of Radiology exam items.
January 12, 2012
AMIC urges MedPAC to avoid payment cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) is asking the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to consider the ways in which cutting physician payments could affect access to healthcare and patient outcomes.
January 12, 2012
ABR policy on exam recalls: Please read carefully
By Dr. Jannette Collins
There has been intense debate regarding the American Board of Radiology's (ABR) recent policy changes on sharing exam items, but these changes go to the heart of maintaining professionalism in radiology, says Dr. Jannette Collins, chair of radiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, in this editorial.
January 12, 2012
NIBIB adds new advisory council members
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three new members have been appointed to the National Advisory Council for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).
January 11, 2012
Carestream earns 47 U.S. patents in 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health and its subsidiaries received 47 patents in 2011 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for innovations in its radiology imaging and healthcare IT, dental imaging, and molecular imaging offerings.
January 11, 2012
Greensboro Radiology, High Point combine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Greensboro Radiology of Greensboro, NC, and High Point Radiological Services of High Point, NC, have announced that they will merge.
January 11, 2012
FEI to collaborate with NIH
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron microscope producer and distributor FEI has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
January 11, 2012
IAC names new chairman
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has appointed Dr. Geoffrey Rose as chairman.
January 11, 2012
Mahmarian takes reins at ASNC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. John Mahmarian has been inducted as the president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) for 2012.
January 10, 2012
Abbott, CARO reach 10-year milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical and healthcare company Abbott Laboratories and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) have reached a $2 million milestone with their partnership of providing prostate cancer research grants.
January 10, 2012
CMS tops $2.5B in 2011 meaningful use incentives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As of the end of 2011, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had paid $2.534 billion in federal incentive payments to hospitals and physicians who have met stage 1 meaningful use criteria in the adoption of electronic health records.
January 9, 2012
UAW credits RBMs for cutting imaging costs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management (RBM) companies are helping the United Auto Workers (UAW) Retiree Medical Benefits Trust to lower its imaging costs, according to an article on Sunday in Crain's Detroit Business.
January 9, 2012
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