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.

Hospital Integration Drives Insurer, Hospital Group to the Brink in PA

Even as the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act this week, the potentially ugly side of healthcare integration is snarling in Pittsburgh, PA, the Wall Street Journal reports.

MMP Exec Randal Roat Named Strategic Radiology COO

Strategic Radiology (SR) of Minneapolis, MN will have a new COO this April.

BCBS Tries to Drive Down Costs with Cash Incentives

Insurers have tried every kind of incentive under the sun to drive consumer adoption of lower-cost healthcare. Now they might be skipping the pretense and going straight to cash rebates.

Texas Radiology Associates Lands Exclusive Contract with Baylor McKinney

Texas Radiology Associates (TRA) inked a deal with the Baylor Health Care System to be the sole provider of imaging services at its McKinney, TX facility when the center opens in July 2012.

vRad Begins New CEO Search

vRad CEO Rob Kill will be out by the end of the month and the search for his replacement has begun in earnest, confirms Sandy Schmitt, senior vice-president of strategy and development at the company.

CCTA Can Lower Costs, Save Lives, Says ACRIN Committee Chair

In what the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) is calling a landmark study that will save lives, time, and money, coronary CT angiography (CCTA) was found to be more effective in treating ER patients with chest pain than traditional methods.

SC Rad Bookkeeper Cops to $672K in Credit Fraud

A bookkeeper at a Columbus, SC radiology practice pled guilty last week to racking up $672,433 in unauthorized charges on the credit cards of her employers.

MITA Director: MedPAC Report “Frees up the Conversation” about Imaging

The widely reported decline in 2010 of diagnostic imaging spending and utilization announced by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) this week demonstrates to policymakers the value of medical imaging on multiple fronts, says Gail Rodriguez, executive director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA).