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.

HHS Delays ICD-10 Implementation

The pleas of the American Medical Association and other physician groups have not fallen on deaf ears. Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius announced that HHS will postpone the deadline for health care providers' compliance with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD

Congress Sends One Year SGR Fix to President

Congress quickly passed a bill today that freezes physician pay under Medicare until the end of the year, effectively avoiding a nearly 30% cut under the SGR formula that was scheduled to take place in March. The SGR fix is tied to two larger measures in the bill — extensions to the payroll tax break and unemployment insurance — which virtually

New Cloud-Based Image Sharing Solution Announced

Vmware Inc., a leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, announced a new partnership with Peake Healthcare Innovations to produce an innovate new cloud platform for exchanging medical images over the Internet.

MITA Names Rodriguez New Executive Director

Gail Rodriguez was named the new executive director of the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance this week.

ViewBox for iPad to Improve Teaching

ViewBox Holdings has released a medical imaging application for the iPad it says will improve the way students learn about radiology.

NDS Surgical Names New Chief Technology Officer

NDS Surgical, a leader in medical imaging informatics based in Silicone Valley, recently named Peter M. Steven, MD to the role of Chief Technology Officer.

Compromise Reached on SGR Fix

UPDATE ON 2/17/12 — The House and Senate have passed the Payroll Tax Cut extension bill that also includes the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) fix for Medicare physicians. The vote was 293 to 132 in the House and 60 to 36 in the Senate. President Obama has promised to sign the bill into law.

CMS Releases Comparative Billing Report on Advanced Imaging

Today, Safequard Services — a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contractor — is scheduled to release its first national Comparative Billing Report on Advanced Diagnostic Imaging. The CBR will draw from Medicare final paid claims data with 2010 service dates to create tables and graphs showing how a provider's billing and payment