Practice Management: Page 855

Radiologix sees revenue gain, loss reduction in Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging center operator Radiologix continued to increase revenue and trim losses in its fiscal 2005 fourth quarter and full year.
March 8, 2006
Smith & Nephew names Mullen as VP
The endoscopy division of medical device firm Smith & Nephew has selected John Mullen as its vice president, U.S. sales.
March 8, 2006
Draye named LPMI CIO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging center developer and operator Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging (LPMI) of San Francisco has appointed Anthony Draye to the position of chief information office (CIO).
March 8, 2006
VSM nets install at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech said that it has installed a MEG unit at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.
March 8, 2006
Ultrasound scanner bill introduced in CA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
California Assembly member Ted Lieu has introduced legislation aimed at limiting the sale of ultrasound scanners in California to only licensed medical professionals.
March 8, 2006
Analogic taps Marcovici
Medical imaging firm Analogic has promoted Sorin Marcovici to the newly created position of corporate senior technical vice president.
March 7, 2006
Austrian radiologist to lead 2007 ECR
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - The 2006 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) ended Tuesday with the installation of an Austrian radiologist to lead next year's proceedings, which will also highlight the imaging expertise of China and the Czech Republic.
March 7, 2006
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New endovascular repair CPT codes for 2006
If your facility performs endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms, prepare for new and revised Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes in 2006. Endovascular repair of the abdominal aorta has had its own Category I codes for several years, but repair of the thoracic aorta has had only Category III codes (0033T-0040T). On January 1 of this year, however, new Category I codes for the thoracic aorta procedures took effect.
March 6, 2006
RTS taps COO
Treatment center operator Radiation Therapy Services has appointed Patricia Gondolfo to the newly created position of COO.
March 5, 2006
Radiology safety challenging in ER environment
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VIENNA - Radiology conducted in an emergency room setting is characterized by precise methods that must often be conducted in a very quick timeframe. These contradictory needs -- high speed and high precision -- may produce a stressful environment that can increase the potential for medical errors, according to a presentation Saturday morning at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 4, 2006
Geisinger accepts hefty fine for mammo QA failure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Geisinger Medical Group has been slapped with a $900,000 fine for failing to perform required equipment testing at its Lock Haven mammography clinic, according to a report in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette newspaper (March 2, 2006).
March 2, 2006
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 puts radiology through the grinder
By Kate Madden Yee
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 cuts Medicare reimbursement for imaging services by $2.8 billion over five years. The bill, which goes into effect January 1, 2007, will have a dramatic impact on radiology in the U.S., and has the outpatient imaging industry scrambling to figure out how the law's massive cuts will affect their operations.
March 2, 2006
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