Hoping to lower the cost of billing, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based SimonMed Imaging Inc. chain of centers is outsourcing billing operations to Zotec Parners of Indianapolis

Large and prestigious with four decades of experience, academic credentials and advanced health information technology, New Jersey’s University Radiology fills in more than just a geographic hole for in Strategic Radiology’s growing network of radiology practices

Five physician shareholders at Radiology Imaging Consultants S.C. of the Chicago suburb Harvey, Ill., have filed suit against their practice alleging that they are being squeezed out of the business to increase the proceeds the remaining shareholders would earn if the practice was sold.

eRAD, Inc., has formed an agreement with Advanced Image Enhancement, Inc. (AIE) to integrate the AIE image enhancement toolkit for mammography as an advanced image processing option to the eRAD PACS viewer

Speaking to attendees of the ACR’s second annual Radiology Leadership Institute event, former Senate Majority and Minority Leader Tom Daschle said he thought use of the ACR’s imaging utilization management system — which combines clinical decision support (CDS) with ACR appropriateness criteria — should be mandated by law

The behavior of Kansas radiologist Heidi Lynn Webster, MD, at her arraignment on charges that she and her business partners engaged in fraud and bribery was disruptive enough to earn her 30 days in jail

The committee voted unanimously in favor of HR 2810, which includes language on the economic justifiability of the MPPR

The FDA yesterday announced a Class I recall of 22 different models of nuclear cameras sold by GE Healthcare, some of which have been on the market since 1992