OK, so saving the planet’s not quite as simple as turning off your computer. But radiologists can cut electricity use and save their practices money with judicious use of a workstation’s and monitor’s “off” switch when wrapping up for the day. That’s according to common sense - as well as a study in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Prior authorization programs to control medical imaging utilization could wind up costing the government money and increase administrative burden, according to a review by The Moran Company released this week by the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition.
Nearly a quarter of radiologists use smartphones and mobile devices in their medical practice, according to a recent report from physician recruitment firm Jackson & Coker. Do you?
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association plan unveiled last week that touches on advanced imaging services has industry leaders up-in-arms, calling for Congress to leave plan-of-care decisions between doctors and their patients.
Diagnostic Imaging spoke with Dr. Johnsey Leef III, a radiologist with Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV, about how the industry is responding to the call for lower dose imaging and what his department is doing to address the issue.
Diagnostic Imaging reached out to Taylor Moorehead, regional partner, West region at Zotec Partners, a medical billing, practice management, and Radiology Information Systems software company, to discuss the impact of Radiology Benefit Managers and technology aimed at helping practices deal with the demands.
Virtual Radiologic’s 2010 purchase of NightHawk, a national teleradiology practice, has come at a cost, at least short-term, according to research from KLAS.
Social networking in healthcare isn’t new, but there is a growing trend to create groups focused on particular specialty areas. And radiology is in the middle of it all, with networks bringing together physicians and technologists alike.
In the fourth of a four-part series, Medical Management Professionals Inc.'s Jeff Fowler gives advice on selecting a revenue cycle management partner.
In this third of a four-part series, Medical Management Professionals Inc.'s Randal Roat and David Myrice discuss how practices can prepare for changes in the industry.
H.R. 3032, the “Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2011,” would amend the Social Security Act to recognize radiologist assistants as non-physician providers of healthcare services to Medicare beneficiaries.
Researchers found that residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67 percent less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal X-ray images, according to a study in the American Journal of Roentgenology .
In the second of a four-part series, Medical Management Professionals Inc.'s David Stone talks about the impact of HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 on practices and how to prepare.
The MICI, sponsored by The MarkeTechGroup LLC and AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management, is an online survey of radiology department managers that assesses confidence in regard to costs, revenues, purchasing and growth.
The American College of Radiology opposes a new Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) proposal to cut reimbursement rates 5.9 percent for radiologists, radiation oncologist and other physicians for each of the next three years.
In the first of a four-part series, Medical Management Professionals Inc.'s Jana Landreth discusses effective metrics for measuring practice revenue and the single biggest cause for lost revenue.
Radiography job vacancy rates have fallen for the eighth year in a row, and now stand at just 2 percent, according to a new American Society for Radiologic Technologists survey.
The ACR called on CMS to scrap proposed payment cuts in the Medicare Fee Schedule Rule for 2012, saying the reduction is “scientifically unfounded, based on flawed assumptions and may limit patients’ ability to receive efficient care.”
RSNA Image Share, the network designed to help patients take control of their medical images and reports, has enrolled its first patients, Radiological Society of North America officials said. The network was designed to facilitate access to imaging exams for patients and physicians, potentially reducing unnecessary examinations, minimizing patient radiation exposure, and enabling better informed medical decisions.
Radiologist groups shouldn’t be shy about making clear their value to hospitals, according to an article published online today in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
GRAPEVINE, TX - No one's plates are getting any less full these days. So when thrown a new work project, it's best to breathe and strategize, management consultants told attendees of the annual AHRA conference this week.
Everyone from radiologists to technologists must address upcoming health care changes, as the imaging industry reels from - and faces probable new - cuts in federal funding, said Maggie Sayre, executive director of the Association for Quality Imaging in Washington, D.C.
