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.
Dubbed “Clearity,” the new health plans will have four tiers to choose from, allowing patients to select the provider and services that are right for them. The insurance is similar to a concierge care model, but backed by a potentially larger network.
Krista Nelson made the official announcement on LinkedIn. She replaces Patrick Conway, MD, CEO of the broader Optum, who had held dual roles. Nelson has been with UnitedHealthcare since 2017.
The financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds 400 new payers, health systems and employers who offer virtual care benefits to Fabric's portfolio.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research and Education Foundation has announced that it will fund 85 grants totaling more than $3 million this year
Foundation Radiology Group, a Pittsburgh-based practice that serves hospitals in the Northeast, Eastern Midwest and East Coast region of the United States, has obtained a $6 million credit from Square 1 Bank
The annual list of the Most Wired U.S. hospitals from Hospitals & Health Networks, numbering 289 this year, offers both reason to cheer and evidence of roadblocks in the nation’s effort to tech-up its health-care system.
According to ACR analysis, the 2014 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposal released July 8 could cut hospital outpatient CT and MRI reimbursement by 18% to 38%
Although CMS could have proposed creating a 50% multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) on the professional component of advanced imaging (like in 2011), or elected to expand the MPPR to all forms of imaging, it decided to drop the issue instead
A survey of 742 parents of children with head injuries being treated in Canadian emergency departments found that 52% said they did not know that a CT scan could increase their child’s risk of developing cancer
Advocates for Medicare coverage of PET amyloid-beta imaging to confirm or rule out Alzheimer’s Disease had hoped for broad coverage, but in the end, the draft CMS decision memo only approved the test as part of coverage with evidence development (CED), a narrowly defined type of coverage that will take time to implement
Bridgeport Hospital, a private, not-for-profit acute care hospital, has acquired radiology services provided at three locations of Robert D. Russo, MD and Associates Radiology in Bridgeport and Stratford, Conn., for an undisclosed sum