Practice Management: Page 950

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
Making the most of CT technology through efficient workflow
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - The goal of a successful CT department should be to acquire more scans, not more scanners, through proper workflow management, according to a presentation at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, sponsored by Stanford University of Stanford, CA.
June 27, 2004
U.K. radiographers find time, and history, on their side
By Eric Barnes
MONTREAL - Bolstered by strong organizational skills and an acute demand for their services, radiographers in the U.K. are increasingly performing duties so medically advanced as to seem almost heretical by the workday standards of non-radiologists in the U.S. Even "radiographer," an English term that translates poorly into American usage, has a certain ring to it that "technologist," or even "radiologist assistant," clearly lacks.
June 26, 2004
In Canada, breast screening programs yield better outcomes
By Eric Barnes
MONTREAL - As in the rest of the world, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer among Canadian women. But Canada has comprehensive breast cancer screening programs in each of its provinces and territories save for Nunavut. Could this enormous national screening and follow-up effort, begun in 1992, be part of the reason death rates are starting to fall?
June 25, 2004
Centralized scheduling brings efficiency, convenience
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Patricia Kroken, president of Albuquerque, NM-based Healthcare Resource Providers, shared her expertise in scheduling process efficiencies during an American Healthcare Radiology Administrators teleconference earlier this month.
June 24, 2004
InSight files for IPO of income deposit securities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The parent of imaging services provider InSight Health Services, InSight Health Services Holdings, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of income deposit securities (IDSs).
June 23, 2004
CT, radiation, and risk: two views
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - As the potential for radiation overexposure rises with increasingly powerful multislice CT scanners, how much attention should radiologists be paying to the risks of radiation? Two radiologists addressed the issue in a point-counterpoint discussion at this week's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
June 23, 2004
Orex signs de Kruyff
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Paul de Kruyff will be responsible for building the firm's business in Asia.
June 22, 2004
L-3 files suit against Analogic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Security technology firm L-3 Communications of New York City has filed a lawsuit against Analogic of Peabody, MA, charging breach of contract.
June 22, 2004
Women fail to return for annual mammograms
By Shalmali Pal
Despite high-profile promotions for breast cancer screening, few women in the U.S. actually undergo mammography every year, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The group looked at nearly two decade's worth of screening records for more than 70,000 women at MGH and found that only 6% turned up on an annual basis.
June 22, 2004
Emageon promotes Silva-Craig
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Emageon has promoted Milton Silva-Craig to the position of president. Silva-Craig retains his title as COO of the Birmingham, AL, company.
June 21, 2004
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