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.

Align or Recycle in Radiology’s New Model?

In its December 12 article¹ on the future of health care, the Wall Street Journal makes a compelling case that the current and future state of our health-care system will center on alignment of formerly conflicting interests. Giant integrated delivery systems will increasingly include physicians, health systems, and payors in some type of giant

Senate Offers Two Month Doc Fix, Boehner Says No

The US Senate approved legislation on Friday that averts Medicare reimbursement cuts for just two months rather than the two year “doc fix” contained in the version passed by the House last week.

Blue Cross Honors WellPoint Transparency Program

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association recognized a WellPoint subsidiary recently that helps steer consumer choices to less expensive diagnostic imaging centers.

RBMA Joins ACR’s Leadership Institute

The American College of Radiology’s newly created Leadership Institute added its first affiliate organization this week with the Radiology Business Management Association.

Angiography Procedures Stall in 2010

A survey of angiography labs in the U.S. shows the growth rate for interventional procedures rose just 1 percent over each of the past two years.

RadNet Adds RADAR Communication Tool to Outpatient Centers

RadNet, one of the largest groups of outpatient imaging centers in the U.S., announced this week that it has expanded its technology with RADAR, a communication protocol.

House Passes Doc-Fix, Dems Say It Will Be Dead On Arrival in Senate

House Republicans successfully passed legislation on Tuesday that postpones a 27 percent cut to Medicare physician reimbursements slated for Jan. 1, and also extends the $1,000 payroll tax break scheduled to expire this year.

14 Arrested in Imaging Kickback Scheme

Thirteen doctors and a nurse practitioner were arrested in New Jersey this week for accepting kickback payments for referring patients to a certain diagnostic imaging facility.