Putting radiologists on alert that the competition for HITECH funds may be more intense than previously thought, 81% of U.S. hospitals and 41% of office-based physicians currently plan to leverage federal incentive payments for health IT adoption and meaningful use, according to data released earlier this week by the Office of the National

The recession put the squeeze on U.S. health care spending in 2009, but health care expenditures also took a bigger, record-setting bite out of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to a report released earlier this week by CMS.

Dell raised its bid for the management of health care data with the announcement last week of its intention to acquire cloud-based image archiving services provider InSite One, Inc for an undisclosed amount.

In a move that marks its entry into the teleradiology sector, outpatient diagnostic imaging services provider RadNet earlier this week reported it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Poughkeepsie, NY-based teleradiology provider Imaging On Call, LLC for $5.5 million, plus up to $2.5 million in contingent compensation if the latter

Several recent reports indicate that physicians engaging in self-referral for radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging services is playing a role in escalating Medicare costs.

This article is the final installment in a four-part series on applying basic business concepts to radiology. To read the first installment, click here; to read the second, click here; to read the third, click here.

One of the most extensive and ambitious medical-screening trials in US has been stopped. It’s because of good news: Low-dose helical CT (LDCT) exams can cut lung-cancer deaths by as much as 20%, compared with chest radiography alone, according to early results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). The NLST was halted in early November,

For the first five years of its existence, Tower Saint John’s Imaging, a full-service outpatient imaging center in Santa Monica, California, that is a joint venture between Saint John’s Health Center and Tower Imaging Medical Group, used its own RIS, PACS, and speech-recognition products separate from those of Saint John’s Health Center. The same