This week, the DHSS announced proposed rule changes to HIPAA that "would save health care providers and health plans up to $4.6 billion over the next ten years," according to a statement.

The poaching of Philips Healthcare CEO Steve Rusckowski by Quest Diagnostics this week cleared the way for the Dutch manufacturer to promote from within.

Minneapolis-based Virtual Radiologic (vRad) continues to grow its national vRad Radiology Alliance network. On Monday, vRad announced that Radiology Associates of New Jersey (RANJ) has joined Diagnostic Imaging Inc. (DII), a vRad Radiology Alliance partner.

More than one-third of all Americans are obese, and yet most medical imaging equipment is not designed to accommodate them. This fact also underscores the likelihood of their increased exposure to ionizing radiation, says new researchreported in the journal Physics in Medicine & Biology.

Sparks are settling in the Steel City as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) cleared the way for Highmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield to proceed with its half-billion-dollar buy-up of the struggling West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS).

The largest nonprofit healthcare provider in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA area has a new Chief-of-Staff.

In the rush to tout Amyvid, the amyloid-plaque-seeking biomarker created by Eli Lilly, as a diagnostic breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, some are urging caution — including the Alzheimer's Association.

Foundation Radiology Group of Pittsburgh, PA signed an exclusive teleradiology deal to read advanced imaging studies performed at the Rockville, MD-based United Radiology.