Practice Management: Page 706

MedQuist taps Gold for VP post
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist has named Alan Gold as its new senior vice president of sales and marketing.
April 5, 2009
TeraRecon shifts executive positions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The newly elected board of directors at advanced visualization firm TeraRecon has appointed founder and CEO Dr. Motoaki Saito to the posts of chairman and chief technology officer.
April 5, 2009
MedCurrent tackles front end of insurance verification
By Brian Casey
A new start-up company is bringing to market software that tackles the thorny issue of patient insurance verification. MedCurrent is taking a different approach to the process, offering a service that vets patients' insurance status prior to imaging studies being performed, rather than after the fact.
April 5, 2009
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CMS expands PET Medicare coverage for cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) early Friday evening released its decision to change its policy so that all Medicare beneficiaries with certain cancers will be able to receive Medicare coverage for at least one PET scan, as prescribed by their physicians.
April 2, 2009
British rads blast U.K. IT initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.K.'s rollout of a nationwide healthcare IT network has resulted in isolated local PACS networks that are unable to efficiently share and transfer electronic diagnostic imaging files and related reports.
April 2, 2009
Carrano joins GE ultrasound division
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound veteran William Carrano has joined the ultrasound division of GE Healthcare.
April 2, 2009
MedQuist receives final judgment on lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist has received a final judgment on a class-action suit.
April 2, 2009
Half of states now offer private-payor VC coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may be on the verge of denying coverage for virtual colonoscopy, but private payors are rushing to cover the virtual exam in unprecedented numbers.
April 1, 2009
Pressure builds on CMS to pay for VC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Members of Congress and lobbyists are putting pressure on the U.S Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reverse its opposition to federal reimbursement for virtual colonoscopy.
April 1, 2009
Aspyra rearranges top management
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Aspyra has made changes in its management team as part of a reorganization effort.
April 1, 2009
Survival odds better with RT for endometrial cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) following surgical hysterectomy significantly improves the odds of survival for women who have stage II endometrial cancer, according to a new study.
April 1, 2009
Study: Electronic orders deliver more clinical detail
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Referring physicians provide more detail in their orders for imaging studies when they use a computerized physician order entry system as opposed to paper-based requisition forms, but radiologists need to be involved when planning the shift from paper to electronic ordering, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 1, 2009
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