The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act calls for early adopters to launch accountable-care organization (ACO) demonstration projects and shared-savings programs in 2012. The development of these value-added services and the general trend toward formation of ACOs will undoubtedly lead to changes not only in the acquisition of imaging

Thomas Pope, MD, a musculoskeletal MRI and breast-imaging specialist with Radisphere National Radiology Group (Beachwood, Ohio), began his career in subspecialty imaging before it was common for radiologists to be fellowship trained. “I never did a fellowship, but I received on-the-job training in musculoskeletal radiology from my mentor at the

This article is the second in a four-part series on options for hospital–practice integration. To read the first article, click here.

Here we go again: In a replay of the early, heady days when HMOs and managed-care models blurred the lines between payor and provider, we are again seeing health-care consolidation on a dizzying scale—which is almost obliterating that line completely. Two recent deals are emblematic of both the movement toward integrating into new models of care

Health care expenditures may be spiraling out of control, but spending on medical devices as a percentage of total U.S. health spending has remained relatively unchanged for the past several decades, according to a study sponsored by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed).

In another step for the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) initiative, announced in 2009 by Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Las Vegas radiologist Rakesh Nathu, MD, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.7 million plus interest to settle allegations that he

PET imaging may help identify findings in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to two studies published online first by Archives of Neurology.

Competing timelines to meet federal requirements, complex systems integration, uncertainties surrounding accountable care organizations (ACOs), and other issues continue to pose challenges to the adoption of health information exchanges (HIEs). However, progress is indeed being made, reveals a recent survey of 225 HIEs by the eHealth Initiative, a