Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

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CBO Predicts Decline in Medicare Spending if SGR Remains

The Congressional Budget Office issued a report recently saying Medicare outlays over the next 10 years will diminish by $69 billion, but that’s counting on the Sustainable Growth Rate remaining in effect.

Pennsylvania Supreme Grants Emotional Distress Without Physical Negligence

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a recent ruling that said a physician could be held liable for emotional distress even if there was no physical negligence to the person being harmed.

McKesson Acquires peerVue

McKesson, best known for its leading electronic medical record software, announced today that it has acquired peerVue, which specializes in communication and workflow improvement tools for radiologists.

Lawmakers Deadlock on Doc-Fix

Congressional lawmakers are reportedly at an impasse over how to pay for a one-year Medicare “doc-fix” along with extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits.

Platinum Equity Agrees to Buy DMS Health Technologies

Platinum Equity said today it had signed an agreement to acquire DMS Health Technologies from Otter Tail Corporation, based on a company press release.

Medical Imaging Groups Convened to Ease PET Restrictions Under Medicare

The Medical Imaging and Technology Association plans to make formal recommendations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reconsider its exclusionary coverage of PET and PET/CT.

FDA Clears Calibration Software Display Combo

The Food and Drug Administration has granted 501(k) market clearance for a bundle of display and calibration software by QUBYX Software Technologies Inc.

Zecotek Pens Agreement with NuCare on PET Integration

Zecotek Photonics Inc., based in Germany, announced this week it signed an agreement with Seoul, Korea-based Nucare Medical Systems to integrate a high-performance PET scanner.

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.