Hospital employment continued rising in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported, but investors are wary because of the sequester

The deal makes New York Imaging Service (NYIS), Newburgh, NY, the largest privately owned digital X-ray dealer in New York State

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has released XR-29, also known as MITA Smart Dose, a set of four standard attributes of CT equipment that enable optimization or management of radiation dose delivery while also providing high quality medical images

Raleigh, NC-based ImagingElements has introduced a cloud-based meaningful use (MU) services solution for radiology practices, called ElementMU. Designed to mitigate workflow impact while supporting MU compliance, the service leverages an ONC-ATCB-certified complete ambulatory EHR and custom-designed radiology user interface

Viztek, the Garner, NC-based digital software and hardware imaging solutions provider for the orthopedic practice market is teaming up with Phoenix Ortho, an orthopedic-exclusive electronic health record (EHR) vendor, to incorporate EHR software in Viztek’s Opal-ORTHO PACS and its range of DR offerings

Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX), along with lead co-sponsor Representative Danny Davis (D-IL), have reintroduced legislation to extend Medicare coverage to CT colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test. The previous such legislation died in committee when the last session of Congress ended

The settlement resolves claims that Radiology Associates, an independent Corpus Christi, Texas, radiology group, along with Children’s Physician Services of South Texas (CPSST), billed government payors twice for the professional reading and interpretation of thousands of pediatric genetic ultrasounds over a five-year period

The federal meaningful-use program has been particularly challenging for imaging, both in its inception and in its execution. Initially, it seemed as though radiology would be exempt from the system of incentives and penalties devised to increase electronic health record (EHR) adoption; a rule change reversed that, making 90% of practicing radiologists eligible providers. For specialists, however, the menu set of requirements can be puzzling, at best, and prohibitive to participation, at worst.