CMS has granted a reprieve to The Joint Commission (TJC), which would have required hospitals to implement cumbersome credentialing and privileging requirements for telemedicine services beginning July 15, 2010, when its ability to “privilege by proxy” expires. TJC now has until March 2011 to comply with CMS requirements, which are currently in

St Paul Radiology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, will exit a long-term agreement to provide teleradiology interpretations for NightHawk Radiology, Scottsdale, Arizona, at a price of $26 million, reports the Minneapolis StarTribune.

A new rule proposed by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to streamline the credentialing/privileging process for telemedicine could have a very different and disruptive effect if deemed applicable to teleradiology.

Anticipating that Congress will once again overrule the 21% physician pay cut scheduled to begin today, CMS has instructed its contractors to hold claims for 10 days while yet another temporary sustainable growth rate formula fix is legislated.

Drawing a line in the shifting sands of the radiology marketplace, David Engert, CEO, NightHawk Radiology Holdings, has gone public with a list of the terms under which the teleradiology company would consider providing service directly or indirectly through a practice management organization [PMO] to a hospital. Coupled with a statement of

Olivia Ho Cheng, CEOOlivia Ho Cheng, CEO of Aurora Imaging Technology Inc, North Andover, Massachusetts, was recently appointed to the international advisory board for the Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics (BC CBMP), the first research laboratory focused on medical-imaging technology research and development in China. ImagingBiz spoke

More than two dozen states now have laws mandating transparency in health-care pricing, in some form or another—including everything from pilot programs to full-blown implementations.

Jeff Ronner, CFOOwing to a confluence of market forces, industry innovation, and government action, consumers in more than half of US states now have at least some ability to see procedure charges in advance. The concept is to apprise patients of their out-of-pocket costs before they schedule appointments. Armed with such information, patients