In July, CMS released its proposed 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule¹ (MPFS). Contained within its pages was an unpleasant surprise for imaging: the reintroduction of the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) last seen in the 2012 proposed rule. As Maurine Spillman-Dennis, MPH, MBA, senior director of economics and health policy for the

Community health centers (CHCs), established by the federal government as part of a 1975 legislation package, have spent 37 years trying to solve one of the primary problems tackled by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): keeping underserved or uninsured patients out of emergency departments through the provision of affordable

On June 28, the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is not unconstitutional, interpreting it as a tax. Based on the mandate, in 2014, US residents will be required to buy health insurance (or will face a tax penalty that will slowly increase over time). Pat Basu, MD,

In many ways, the problem of radiation overexposure still resembles a crime scene. Investigators come in after the fact and attempt to determine what really happened. There is another way, however, according to Charles W. Socia, RT, CIIP, product manager for the information-systems division of FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA—one that focuses on

When it comes to radiation exposure, there is not much on which the medical community agrees. One exception (and point of consensus) is that children are more vulnerable to the effects of radiation than are adults, and therefore, they deserve the highest level of protection available.

In May, the FDA¹ released for public comment a guidance document intended to ensure that manufacturers’ imaging devices are either suited for pediatric use or labeled with a warning that cautions against use in pediatric populations.

After three years of decline, the PACS market outlook is positive through 2017 says a new Frost & Sullivan report on the North American radiology image and information management systems market.

One hallmark unites the winning entries in the top five medical-imaging IT projects of 2012, cosponsored by Radiology Business Journal and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM): Each project represents a view beyond the traditional acquisition, archiving, and communication of radiological images. All of the winning entries take a