Neale Pashley, operations manager for Medical Management Professionals (MMP), found himself on the front lines of the CMS Acute Care Episode (ACE) Demonstration when a radiology practice with which he worked became a participant. “What the radiology industry should prepare for, more than anything else, is the impact this might have on utilization,”

On October 9, at the RBMA 2012 Fall Educational Conference in Chandler, Arizona, I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion, “Is It Time to Buy, Hold, Sell, or JV?” The faculty participants discussed the very nuanced art and science of building a success strategy for the potential transactions—merger, sale, alliance, joint venture, and so

The health care sector added 43,500 new jobs in September and the unemployment rate dipped below 8% for the first time in three years.

InMedica forecasts the world market for PACS, RIS, and CVIS to grow by more than $1 billion over the next 5 years.

As Meaningful Use takes a political punch, a public-private coalition is announcing plans to offer HIT interoperability testing.

The radiology group is in the process of calling each of its patients who had epidural steroid injections at its Roanoke facility.

As radiology practices around the country become increasingly reliant on business analytics and intelligence for decision-making support, the time is ripe to begin devoting additional attention to refining the processes by which their measurements are generated, according to Bill Pickart, CEO of Integrated Medical Partners (IMP). “It is imperative

After consulting for the practice for several years, two years ago, Robert Cannistra joined Radiologic Associates PC (Middletown, New York) as its director of IT. Like many in the informatics field, Cannistra says, he was surprised by the unique challenges that health-care providers face when he first began consulting for hospitals and health-care