Practice Management: Page 590

MIS names Cusick to VP post
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular Imaging Services (MIS) has hired Laura Cusick as vice president of business development.
February 7, 2011
PACSGear relocates main office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS accessories firm PACSGear has moved its main office to accommodate company growth, provide a better manufacturing environment, and improve employee facilities, according to the company.
February 7, 2011
Zotec nets Ohio order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners has signed a multiyear contract with Toledo Radiological Associates of Toledo, OH.
February 6, 2011
NNSA supports Mo-99 production bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has thrown its support behind legislation that would encourage manufacturing of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in the U.S.
February 3, 2011
ACR revises supervising guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After receiving comments from members about continuing experience requirements for CT, MRI, and ultrasound, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has revised its requirements for physicians supervising and/or interpreting these exams.
February 3, 2011
USP schedules forum on PET drugs regulation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) will take public comment on February 21 at 1:00 p.m. EST on proposed revisions to quality assurance standards for the production and compounding of PET drugs.
February 3, 2011
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
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