In the world of Washington politics, health care and health care policy are high stakes and high profile. With today’s skyrocketing federal budget, and burgeoning deficit, the President and Congress are looking for savings.

There is a theme one finds in the writings and musings of the best business leaders that remains consistent no matter what industry, profession, or type of organization. True success, level 5 leaders will tell you, is dependent on the leader’s ability to attract superior talent and exceptional people with which to build and sustain the enterprise.

In announcing the acquisition of the assets of Papastavros’ Associates Medical Imaging for $18 million in Delaware, Los Angeles-based RadNet has claimed a major stake in its first new market since the purchase of Radiologix. The transaction gives RadNet 12 imaging centers in Delaware, a market adjacent to its Maryland position, where the company is

In the fall of 2005, 58-member Wake Radiology found itself feeling vulnerable. Having achieved the holy grail of the electronic practice by banishing paper and film, the practice understood that it had much to lose if it lost the network over which it leveraged subspecialized reads across three area hospitals and 11 standalone imaging centers in

In last year’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule, CMS described its concerns for the potential for fraud, waste and abuse of the Medicare program that may be caused by the growth of so-called “pod” or “condo” laboratories. “Pod” laboratories are laboratories that are located off-site from a physician’s office (sometimes even in

Worth M. Saunders, MHA, has served as chief administrator for the 32-radiologist Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics, PA, Memphis, Tenn, since 2003. The position was a change of pace for the outpatient-imaging veteran, who worked for Radiologix for six years prior. Primarily a hospital-based practice, Mid-South serves six of the 14 hospitals

Outpatient imaging as a market is undergoing metamorphosis, and, though unfamiliar to many in its ranks, such change is common in most every market. As any economist would attest, markets are fluid and undergo periods of growth and decline that are referred to as life cycles. It is the same with products within markets, and is quite often the same

A dedicated 3D service can improve patient care and enhance operational efficiency. Building and operating such a service requires a significant investment in staff, equipment, information technology (IT), space, overhead and other expenses; however, both improving care and realizing a return on investment (ROI) on these expenditures is often a