The AHRQ approval of the patient safety organization established by the Palmeto, Fla.-based network of radiology practices allows Strategic Radiology to move forward with the sharing of radiology safety and quality best practices

MemorialCare Medical Foundation, the physician group division of MemorialCare Health System in Southern California, has entered into a joint venture partnership with SimonMed, an imaging company, to operate five imaging centers in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange

The House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees on Friday released a more detailed version of their long-term proposal to remove the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for setting Medicare physician reimbursement

Among the attendees of the second Radiology Leadership Institute event later this month will be ten radiology residents whose way will be paid by the ACR Foundation

The agreement with the not-for-profit 478-bed Medical Center was promoted by Philips and Georgia Regents as an innovative response to a changing health care marketplace

Concerned that having physicians sit on the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) that examines Medicare physician fee schedules could be a conflict of interest and might encourage higher specialist fees, Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) has introduced a bill to create an independent panel of experts to review physician reimbursement

A bill introduced in the Michigan state legislature would grant it new powers in overseeing the use of radiology equipment within its borders

Governor John Kitzhaber (D) has signed Senate Bill 420 into law, making Oregon the 11th state to require providers to inform women with dense breast tissue that this may make mammography results harder to read