Practice Management: Page 762

List of technologists' tasks
January 7, 2008
CMS proposal may kill cardiac CTA, critics fear
By Brian Casey
January 7, 2008
GE creates IT education program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare has created a vendor-independent educational program designed for biomedical and technical professionals to enhance their knowledge of healthcare IT.
January 7, 2008
Draxis Health names new leaders
Canadian radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health of Mississauga, Ontario, has appointed Dan Brazier as its new president and CEO, and named Jean-Pierre Robert to the position of chief operating officer (COO).
January 7, 2008
InSight Health initiates rebranding
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services of Lake Forest, CA, is planning to change the name of its imaging center business to InSight Imaging.
January 7, 2008
Elekta moves to acquire planning firm CMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden, has signed a letter of intent to acquire radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis for $75 million.
January 7, 2008
Pending Medicare decision roils cardiac CTA
By Eric Barnes
On December 13, 2007, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a wholesale change in the way coronary CT angiography (CTA) is reimbursed under Medicare. The proposal would severely limit payments for coronary CTA, and cardiac imaging providers are racing against the clock to prevent its implementation.
January 7, 2008
ABII lauds new CIIPs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) said that 84 imaging informatics professionals received certification as a Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) following administration of the ABII exam in September.
January 7, 2008
Naviscan hires executives
PET developer Naviscan PET Systems of San Diego has made a number of new additions to its management team.
January 7, 2008
ACR issues 'anti-markup' recommendations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is recommending that members who interpret diagnostic studies for clinicians, independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs), and other providers should heed the decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay implementing most of its tighter "anti-markup" provisions until January 1, 2009.
January 6, 2008
People, not equipment maximize MDCT capacity, study finds
By Kate Madden Yee
The demand for CT has soared in the past decade, particularly with the advent of multislice scanners. But the increased interest comes with a caveat: Don't overutilize. In today's atmosphere, facilities are looking at ways to best enhance the capacity of major imaging modalities such as CT. A team from Boston addressed the issue of increasing CT capacity in a recent study and found that focusing on staff workflow may be more effective than investing in more expensive equipment.
January 6, 2008
Solis enters Phoenix market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging services provider Solis Women's Health has acquired a Phoenix-based breast diagnostic imaging facility, the company reported.
January 3, 2008
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