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Congress and medical imaging; MRI versus CT in the heart
By Brian Casey
May 7, 2008
Vital Images posts Q1 results, launches Vital Enterprise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Vital Images took a hit in its first-quarter financial results, which it attributed to "an uncertain industry environment."
May 7, 2008
NPI deadline approaching, CMS cautions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is warning healthcare providers that they must obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) by May 23, 2008. After this date, providers can no longer use their old identifier when submitting electronic or paper claims to CMS.
May 7, 2008
Ultrasonix restructures
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian ultrasound developer Ultrasonix Medical said that it has restructured its North American operations in a bid to improve profitability and increase focus on its target markets.
May 6, 2008
ACR update: Teaching Congress how to fish
By Kate Madden Yee
LAS VEGAS - At this week's Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) meeting, Maurine Spillman-Dennis and Ted Burnes presented the American College of Radiology's (ACR) efforts to educate Capitol Hill about radiology, and, in so doing, slow the budget-slashing experiences that radiology has suffered over the past three years.
May 6, 2008
Siemens names new Diagnostics head
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has named Donal Quinn as the new head of its Diagnostics division.
May 5, 2008
Neurognostics hires Stafford as new CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Functional MRI (fMRI) developer Neurognostics has named William Stafford as president and CEO.
May 5, 2008
Agfa unveils new Impax product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare of Mortsel, Belgium, has introduced its new Impax Enterprise Productivity Suite (EPS) to help manage diagnostic reading and reporting across PACS environments.
May 4, 2008
Revenue up, profit down in Alliance's Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The opening of two new fixed-site imaging centers helped Alliance Imaging boost revenues in the first quarter 2008.
May 4, 2008
Kerpelman takes stake, heads Bio-Optronics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dan Kerpelman, one-time president of the former Kodak Health Imaging Group, has purchased a majority stake in healthcare IT firm Bio-Optronics and will become the Rochester, NY, company's president and CEO.
May 4, 2008
Medtronic shuffles management team
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis has unveiled a number of management changes to spur growth heading into its fourth fiscal quarter.
April 29, 2008
Self-referral boosts imaging use for private payors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Reports by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) have shown dramatic increases in the use of diagnostic imaging procedures among Medicare patients. However, whether this is also a trend among privately insured patients is unclear.
April 29, 2008
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