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How improving prior authorization helps your patients, referring physicians, and your imaging practice

Sponsored by Merge, an IBM company

Imaging Specialists of Charleston, a radiologist-owned, full-service medical imaging center in a South Carolina suburb faces stiff competition in its region, specifically from a trio of hospital-based imaging providers.

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MIPS packs positive—and potentially negative—punch for radiology

Sponsored by vRad

April 16, 2015, marked the beginning of a seismic shift in the healthcare landscape. On that day, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2, the MACRA, which repeals the SGR formula, extends the CHIP for two years, institutes a 0.5% increase in Medicare reimbursement over the next four and a half years and encourages physicians to transition to APMs.

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Radiology myths considered: 7 debunked, 1—commoditization— confirmed

Sponsored by vRad

The time has come for the profession of radiology to embrace a label it has been furiously trying to beat back for years: commoditization. The battle against those who wield it as a pejorative is not just futile, it's also counterproductive.

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Q&A with Leonard Berlin, MD: Errors, quality and malpractice

Sponsored by vRad

When ACR's Radiology Leadership Institute honored Leonard Berlin, MD, with a 2015 Leadership Luminary Award this past August, some may have assumed Berlin was getting ready to take a bow and move on toward retirement.

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Merge imaging solutions help one practice establish lean, mean radiology process

Sponsored by Merge, an IBM company

Radiology has been hit hard by reimbursement cuts and regulations but the cutting-edge tools available are helping practices stay ahead of all the changes impacting the market.

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Viztek DR fits squarely into NiteHawk Pediatric Urgent Care’s ‘triangle’ mission—quality, accessibility, affordability

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

When Keyur Sathe, MHA, decided to put his nearly two decades of healthcare leadership and entrepreneurialism to work in a bold new venture—one that would, in his words, help “bend the arc of healthcare” toward greater value—he didn’t have to look far for inspiration.

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As referrers seek efficient communications with radiologists, Direct Messaging offers a key solution

RamSoft

Secure Direct Messaging capabilities have become must-have components for many if not most users of RIS and PACS. While Meaningful Use’s requirements around the technology have spurred much of the adoption, Direct Messaging has grown in popularity by its own merits.

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Imaging Transaction Trends: Out With Acquisitions, In With Strategic Partnerships

VMG

The pace of consolidation in the medical imaging industry, which could be accurately described as feverish from 2010 to 2013, has cooled.