Practice Management: Page 949

Part II: Exploring PACS secrets
By Michael J. Cannavo
Like two kids fighting over the same toy, PACS has created a battlefield between radiology and hospital information technology (IT) departments in recent years. Numerous articles have been written about who owns PACS -- radiology or IT -- from both a decision-making and support perspective. The reality, however, is actually a contradiction: No one owns PACS and everyone owns PACS.
July 5, 2004
AHRA names president-elect, 2004-2005 board
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators has six new members for its 2004-2005 board of directors.
June 30, 2004
Varian reports first clinical use of robotic imager
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems said that Emory University School of Medicine's department of radiology has become the first U.S. healthcare facility to provide radiotherapy treatments using its robotic on-board imaging system for tracking tumor locations and positioning patients.
June 30, 2004
Medicare takes hard line on HIPAA compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Beginning next week, electronic Medicare claims that do not meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards will be treated as paper claims and will be paid more slowly than HIPAA-compliant claims, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
June 30, 2004
Radiologists beware: PACS could make you obsolete
By Eric Barnes
MONTREAL - Now that PACS has eliminated radiologists’ central role as image gatekeepers, those who adopt information technology without also transforming themselves risk marginalization and even obsolescence, according to PACS pioneer Dr. Paul Chang.
June 30, 2004
Molecular Insight adds chief medical officer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope imaging developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has tapped Dr. Nicholas Borys as chief medical officer. Borys joins the Cambridge, MA-based firm with 16 years of experience in pharmaceutical development, including stints with Bracco Diagnostics and Amersham Healthcare (now GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences).
June 29, 2004
Radiology group settles charges of Medicare fraud
By Brian Casey
June 29, 2004
OmniSonics taps Kulis as VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Anne Kulis brings to OmniSonics more than 15 years of experience.
June 28, 2004
Alliance nets NHS contract for MR waiting list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider Alliance Medical has been awarded a five-year contract by the National Health Service (NHS) to tackle England's MRI waiting lists, according to the Oxfordshire, U.K.-based firm.
June 28, 2004
Ultrasound education goes global
By Eric Barnes
MONTREAL - On Monday at the International Congress of Radiology, Dr. Barry Goldberg, director of diagnostic ultrasound at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, talked about the state of ultrasound education in the world, and the steps being taken to fulfill the vast need for medical imaging services.
June 28, 2004
Radiology group pays $2.5 million to settle alleged Medicare fraud
By Tracie L. Thompson
A radiology group in southwest Florida has agreed to pay the U.S. government more than $2.53 million to settle allegations that it filed false Medicare claims -- allegations first lodged in a whistleblower lawsuit by the practice's former Medicare coding supervisor.
June 28, 2004
InSiteOne promotes executives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services firm InSiteOne has promoted two executives to new positions at the Wallingford, CT, company.
June 27, 2004
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