Practice Management: Page 584

Settlement calls for radiologists to divest CareCore stakes
By Kate Madden Yee
Within a month after an $11 million antitrust verdict was handed down against radiology benefits management firm CareCore National, the company has entered into an agreement with the New York attorney general under which radiologists who own stakes in CareCore are to divest their interests.
February 3, 2011
CMS makes imaging demo project awards; Blumenthal to leave ONC
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. government dropped two bombshells on the healthcare IT community on Thursday. First, it announced the recipients of awards for an eagerly awaited project on the use of clinical decision support for ordering radiology studies. Then, it announced that David Blumenthal, MD, is leaving as chief of the agency charged with directing federal health IT policy.
February 2, 2011
Zotec renews contract with Texas radiology group
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners said it has received a long-term contract renewal from a North Dallas radiology group.
February 2, 2011
Senate fails to repeal healthcare reform bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the centerpiece of President Obama's healthcare reform program.
February 2, 2011
Stage 2 'meaningful use' proposal spurns radiology -- again
By Cynthia E. Keen
Imaging providers hoping to get a piece of U.S. stimulus funds for adopting healthcare IT might be feeling spurned. The federal agency overseeing the program has once again omitted radiology in the draft proposal of stage 2 "meaningful use" criteria required to become eligible for the funds.
February 2, 2011
Article on digital mammography dismays backers of breast imaging
By Brian Casey
A new report published this week has harsh words for digital mammography, saying the technology was adopted due to heavy industry lobbying and is costing the U.S. Medicare system millions more than film-based imaging, despite an alleged lack of evidence that it's any better for older women.
February 1, 2011
New stroke guidelines pan US screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of widespread screening or routine ultrasound for blocked neck arteries isn't necessary to determine stroke risk, according to new guidelines from a number of organizations.
January 31, 2011
JACR article hammers teleradiology; CMS gets input on imaging efficiency
By Brian Casey
January 31, 2011
ProCure secures $40M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProCure Treatment Centers has completed a $40 million round of private equity financing led by Maverick Capital of Oklahoma City.
January 31, 2011
Drayer elected RSNA president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA board of directors has named as the organization's new president Burton Drayer, MD, chair of the department of radiology and executive vice president for risk at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
January 31, 2011
CMS to reimburse for NaF-PET scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will reimburse sites participating in the National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry for F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) PET scans, beginning February 7.
January 31, 2011
CMS solicits input on imaging data reporting program
By Kate Madden Yee
In a meeting on January 31, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) solicited input on whether to add new imaging exams to a data reporting program designed to track imaging efficiency. Radiology was there to share its opinion -- including a suggestion that CMS look closely at physician self-referral.
January 31, 2011
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