To find budget savings that would help cover a 7% increase in payments to Family Medicine physicians and other Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants, several proposed ideas for cutting reimbursement are back in play in the 2013 Medicare Fee Schedule Proposed Rule posted last Friday. This includes the unpopular multiple procedural

The health care sector added 13,000 jobs in June of 2012, accounting for 16% of all new jobs in the national economy, according to the latest report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ) has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that it was below compliance with NYSE’s price criteria standard for common stock when average closing price for Alliance HealthCare stock fell below $1.00 per share for the first time this year on June 1, 2012 over a consecutive 30-trading-day

The radiotherapy market is expected to grow substantially worldwide, reaching $5.8 billion by 2016, according to a report by Market and Markets.

M-Modal (NASDAQ/GS: MODL), a provider of clinical documentation services and cloud-based voice recognition software, and One Equity Partners, the private investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, announced an agreement where One Equity Partners will acquire all outstanding shares of M-Modal for $14.00 per share in an all-cash transaction that is valued at

In the opinion of Phil Russell, MBA, CEO of South Texas Radiology, the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) could well be a boon for radiology—and a disaster for Americans. The uneasy paradox reflects a variety of often contradictory notions across the radiology industry,

Pro Medicus (ASX: PME) announced that it has executed a binding letter of intent with a European-based IT company to sell the group’s Amira software platform business for €12Million (approximately A$15 million).

Those thinking of honoring a long-time dedicated employee may have a hard time topping Westfields Hospital in New Richmond, Wis. It celebrated its radiology manager, Susan St. John, by naming the imaging department in her honor. She has worked at Westfield for 40 years.