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.
Artera, a company that utilizes AI for patient communications, made the announcement while revealing it has achieved $100 million in annual revenue. Its products use AI for follow-ups after patient care, in addition to supporting clinical decisions.
Authorities allege the pharmacy chain gave patients more insulin than prescribed and then billed Medicare and Medicaid for the full amounts. This allegedly occurred for more than a decade.
The deal will not be finalized until approved by Exact Sciences’ shareholders. With it, Abbott gains control of new diagnostic tools, including a popular at-home test for colorectal cancer.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, will take on the new position “effective immediately.” UnitedHealth Group did not say what, if any, steering committee the former FDA lead will sit on.
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 (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 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.
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.
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.
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).
A host of localized Medicaid billing issues identified throughout the country—from intra-state repayment concerns to 5010 compliance issues—have the healthcare industry bracing for impact before the 2014 Affordable Care Act implementation deadline.