Practice Management: Page 948

Merritt assumes leadership of ARRS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Prominent radiologist Dr. Christopher Merritt has been chosen to lead the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS).
May 23, 2004
Bracco clarifies SonoVue restrictions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian contrast developer Bracco of Milan sought to clarify several points related to regulatory restrictions placed on its SonoVue ultrasound contrast agent by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA).
May 23, 2004
Parsing PACS components can lower the price
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VANCOUVER - By taking advantage of commercial off-the-shelf hardware, and scaling a project appropriately, PACS does not have to be a budget buster, PACS expert Paul Nagy, Ph.D., assured his audience Friday at the 2004 Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) meeting.
May 21, 2004
SCAI says CMS should boost stent payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new task force report from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions says current payment levels from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for drug-eluting stent procedures are inadequate.
May 20, 2004
Diligent coding means money in the bank for breast imaging
By Shalmali Pal
Twenty-first-century mammographers are truly stuck between a rock and a hard place. Reimbursement rates, as set by Medicare, are so low that mammographers are virtually invited to cut costs by lowering quality. On the other hand, there is tremendous pressure on breast imaging facilities to provide optimal service to all women, with the most serious pressure coming from mammographers themselves.
May 20, 2004
ACR censures member for expert testimony
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The college announced Thursday morning that the private letter of censure would be placed in the member's ACR file. The announcement came after the member decided not to appeal the censure decision by the college's Committee on Ethics, which held a hearing on the case last month.
May 19, 2004
AFC adds to medical furniture line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical furniture provider AFC Industries will introduce its MaxFlex furniture series at this week's annual meeting of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) in Vancouver.
May 19, 2004
Emageon, IBM partner on financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Enterprise image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has signed an agreement with IBM that will allow its customers to take advantage of IBM Global Financing (IGF) offerings.
May 18, 2004
Dollens to retire from Guidant helm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Guidant reported that its president and CEO, Ronald Dollens, intends to retire from the company on December 31 of this year.
May 17, 2004
Imaging Diagnostic Systems nabs 17th patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems has received its 17th U.S. patent.
May 17, 2004
Suri to head Fischer R&D
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Fischer Imaging of Denver has named Jasjit Suri, Ph.D., as senior director of applied research and development.
May 17, 2004
Radiology administrator salaries climb in 2003
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology directors received an average annual base salary of $78,700 in 2003, up from the average of $71,529 reported in 2001, according to a 2003 compensation and benefits survey released by the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA).
May 17, 2004
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