Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

California Democrats propose new corporate tax to offset Medicaid cuts
The idea was floated as part of a proposed budget for the state released by Democrats in the Senate. If passed, only the top 2% of corporations in California would be impacted. The levy would generate $5 billion to $8 billion annually for Medicaid.
Cardiology practice launches walk-in clinic in Pennsylvania
The new clinic wants to keep patients out of hospital EDs when possible and provide care at a lower cost.
Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to speed development of new weight loss drugs
The maker of popular GLP-1 agonists Wegovy and Ozempic said technology from OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, will allow it to sift through and make sense of massive datasets to identify potential new uses for its diabetes and obesity treatments.
Medicare navigation company raises $100M to improve its AI, launch new financial products
Chapter, a technology company based in New York City, said it tripled its revenue last year by filling a market niche designing technology for seniors—specifically, those who have questions about the Medicare program.
CareCloud hit by data breach that could impact millions
The publicly traded EHR and cloud healthcare IT infrastructure company confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that hackers were able to breach its network in March for roughly eight hours, gaining partial access to patient record stores. The incident is being investigated.

Diagnostic radiology absorbed a 44% Medicare reimbursement reduction over the last decade

The numbers appear “troublesome” and offer strong evidence of the need for reform, experts wrote in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

Radiology dominates image-guided bone pain relief market, but other specialties present growing threat

Pain management specialists and neurosurgeons have recorded the largest gains in osseous ablation delivery among Medicare beneficiaries, according to new research.

Empowering radiologists to track referral trends using 'do-it-yourself' business intelligence tools

Info that was previously only privy to operations staff could change rads' behavior, incentivizing them to increase interactions with referrers.

Medicare spending on diagnostic radiology services fell $890M below expected levels in 2020

COVID-19 has taken a sizable bite out of physicians’ finances, and the AMA is now using such data to convince officials not to further reduce pay.

Intelerad acquiring Ambra Health, forming $1.7B enterprise-imaging and PACS powerhouse

Together they'll read more than 130 million exams annually and serve 2,000 customers including the 10 top U.S. hospitals, the two said.

Alliance Healthcare Services plans to ‘vigorously defend’ against ‘unfounded’ PACS-breach lawsuit

Patients recently filed a proposed class-action suit against Alliance and Northeast Radiology, claiming the 2 were lax in responding to a cybersecurity incident last year.

AI-aided ‘fax first responders’ make old technology new again for COVID era

A few months into the COVID crisis, the health department of California’s Contra Costa County faced an unexpected side challenge: Staff were getting inundated by faxes bearing vital health data.

$500K on the table in AI vs. COVID contest

Nonprofit competition organizer XPrize is partnering with global tech consultancy Cognizant to award AI innovators in a pandemic response challenge.

Business Intelligence

California Democrats propose new corporate tax to offset Medicaid cuts

Cardiology practice launches walk-in clinic in Pennsylvania

Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to speed development of new weight loss drugs

Medicare navigation company raises $100M to improve its AI, launch new financial products

CareCloud hit by data breach that could impact millions