The Washington state-based practice launched an investigation, consulted with cybersecurity experts and is offering credit-monitoring services. 

The department is urging managed care plans to relax prior authorization requirements during the outage and instructing MACs to accept paper claims. 

“There’s a lot of scrambling among our members,” Radiology Business Management Association Executive Director Bob Still said Monday. 

Since the issue arose on Feb. 21, providers in radiology and other specialties have experienced “substantial” billing and cash flow disruptions, MGMA reported Wednesday. 

“Protocol requests” are the most common type of disturbance, University of Iowa researchers detailed in JACR. 

The VIO system visualizes and captures images at the cellular level for improved diagnostics.

Hackers have reportedly hit Minnesota-based Consulting Radiologists Ltd., temporarily knocking out the organization’s phone lines. 

Hospital end users ranked the CVIS and hemodynamic systems they use, shedding light on their working relationships with IT vendors.