Practice Management: Page 770

ACR launches radiology PR campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is planning a "Face of Radiology" campaign that seeks to educate patients, payors, government officials, and other healthcare providers on the value of radiology.
November 6, 2007
New Medical picks new VP
Digital radiography (DR) retrofit firm New Medical has hired Burl Taylor as vice president of sales and service for North America.
November 6, 2007
CMS delays in-office self-referral decision with new MPFS rule
By Kate Madden Yee
There's good, there's bad, and there's ugly in two final rules for 2008, published November 1 in the Federal Register by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). While radiology has some small victories, CMS declined to tackle the thorny issue of in-office physician self-referral in publishing the new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (HOPPS) rules, which take effect January 1, 2008.
November 6, 2007
Platinum Medical Parts names Band as CEO
MR parts and support company Platinum Medical Parts of Pompano Beach, FL, has named Dave Band as CEO.
November 5, 2007
FDA panel votes for stereotactic breast biopsy in MQSA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee has advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) program to cover stereotactic breast biopsy.
November 5, 2007
30 senators lobby against imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thirty U.S. senators are imploring Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-IA) to oppose additional medical imaging reimbursement reductions in formulating Medicare legislation.
November 5, 2007
Alliance buys 8 radiation therapy centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider Alliance Imaging said that its affiliate Alliance Oncology has purchased eight radiation therapy centers from Sonix subsidiary Bethesda Resources for approximately $36 million in cash and assumed debt.
November 5, 2007
Neurognostics
By Brian Casey
(Booth 3283) Neurognostics develops hardware and software for performing functional MRI studies in the clinical environment, and at this year's RSNA show the Milwaukee company will highlight a new version of its software.
November 5, 2007
CorTechs Labs
By Brian Casey
(Booth 4077) CorTechs Labs of La Jolla, CA, develops technology for assessing MR images of the brain for signs of neurodegenerative disease, and at this year's RSNA show the company will highlight its NeuroQuant software.
November 5, 2007
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New solutions speed convergence of imaging and surgery
By Eric Barnes
Creating an efficient operating or interventional suite that enables many different specialists to use advanced imaging technologies is no simple task. But developing a workable environment for interdisciplinary collaboration that addresses the needs of all participants is critical, according to Elizabeth Beckmann of the U.K. consulting firm Lanmark and architect Bill Rostenberg of the San Francisco firm Anshen + Allen.
November 4, 2007
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CMS publishes 2008 physician payment rule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final physician payment rule for 2008, asserting that the document is designed to "improve accuracy of Medicare payments and give physicians and healthcare professionals additional financial incentives to provide higher quality and value in the delivery of care."
November 3, 2007
Boston Scientific receives Cordis litigation verdict
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco has found that the company infringes on a balloon catheter technology patent held by Cordis, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
November 1, 2007
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