Practice Management: Page 778

Tracking radiology performance with a dashboard
By Kate Madden Yee
Dashboards aren't just for cars anymore. For hospitals and imaging centers, a dashboard -- a computer program that gathers information and creates data reports -- may not bring paradise but it can help departments assess performance issues and determine areas that need improvement.
September 9, 2007
Herman Risk lands NJ contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Herman Risk Management has landed a contract to help diagnostic imaging services company Modern Medical Modalities of Union, NJ, manage its long-term service expenses.
September 6, 2007
NAS names Barring as COO
Radiation therapy developer North American Scientific (NAS) of Chatsworth, CA, has appointed Troy Barring to the newly created position of senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO).
September 6, 2007
SNM updates technologists' scope of practice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM's Technologist Section has revised its "Scope of Practice for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist 2007."
September 6, 2007
ART taps DiCamillo for global sales post
Medical device firm ART Advanced Research Technologies of Montreal has appointed Dino DiCamillo as vice president of global sales and marketing for its preclinical imaging business.
September 6, 2007
ASE unveils new stress echo guidelines
By Erik L. Ridley
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released its new guidelines for stress echocardiography, taking into account improvements in imaging equipment, refinements in stress testing protocols, and standards for image interpretation.
September 6, 2007
Payor asks for EBCT refund; Rhode Island redux; disaster prep
By Brian Casey
September 5, 2007
Rhode Island hospital opts for local radiology service
By Wayne Forrest
A Rhode Island hospital that had considered outsourcing its radiology reading services to Massachusetts General Hospital's teleradiology program instead has chosen to keep its contract for radiology services close to home. Beginning October 1, Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick will hand over the management of its radiology department to XRA Medical Imaging, a radiology group also based in Warwick.
September 5, 2007
UnitedHealthcare presses EBCT center for $100K in back claims
By Kate Madden Yee
Another imaging facility is reporting friction with insurance giant UnitedHealthcare of Minneapolis. In the latest episode, a Southern California imaging center is contesting UnitedHealthcare's claim that it is owed nearly $100,000 in back payments for electron beam CT (EBCT) scans that the insurer says shouldn't have been paid -- because EBCT allegedly doesn't use x-ray beams.
September 5, 2007
Gamma Medica-Ideas adds to executive lineup
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas has named three new executives.
September 5, 2007
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Center Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
September 4, 2007
Is your department prepared for disaster? You might be surprised
By Kate Madden Yee
Every radiology department has its emergency manuals, as required by the Joint Commission. But will your staff be ready to assist in disaster response efforts, or will they be struggling to keep their families safe? Helping staff prepare their families for emergencies could be the key to successful, coordinated disaster response.
September 4, 2007
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