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.

Siemens Gifts Radiology Society

The Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation announced that it’s Discovery Campaign had received a $200,000 donation from Siemens Medical.

House Defeats Two-Month Medicare Doc Fix, Payroll Tax

Uncertainty remains over how much money physicians can expect to get paid from Medicare next year as Congress fails to reach agreement on an omnibus spending bill that includes a temporary freeze on physician reimbursements.

AHRA Names Grants to Hospitals

The Association for Medical Management (AHRA) and Toshiba America Medical Systems announced up to $68,000 in grants to seven hospital recipients.

Supreme Court to Hear Health Law Debate in March

The Supreme Court said Monday it would hear three days of testimony in late March in a case that challenges fundamental provisions of the federal health reform law passed nearly two years ago.

CMS Softens MPPR Pro Component Blow to Radiology

Radiologists narrowly avoided becoming the first specialty to experience the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) to the professional component for the same patient on the same day performed by separate physicians within the same practice.

CMS Chooses 32 Pioneer ACOs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the selection of 32 leading health care organizations from across the country to participate in the new Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations initiative.

Health Panel to Revamp PR After Mammo Debate

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is said to be changing the way it handles public relations after the flap over mammogram screenings it caused two years ago.

The Radiologist As Ambassador: Integrating On-site and Off-site Reading at Lima Memorial

Radisphere

When Daniel Schultz, DO, accepted a position with Radisphere (Cleveland, Ohio, and Westport, Connecticut) five years ago, he was particularly excited about the prospect of a combined on-site and off-site radiology practice. “I saw it as a way to practice my specialty, but also to rely on my colleagues to cover their areas of expertise,” he says.