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Technologist Vacancy Rate Remains on Decline

The vacancy rate for radiologic technologists (RTs) has declined for the eighth consecutive year, to 2% in 2011, reveals a new report from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

91 Health Care Professionals Charged In Medicare Fraud Schemes

Ninety-one individuals, including physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals, have been indicted for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $295 million in false billing, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Kathleen Sebelius, secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced

House Delays Spending Bill Review

U.S. House of Representative appropriators have indefinitely postponed plans to consider the 2012 spending bill for health programs. The review had been scheduled for Friday morning.

RSNA Enrolls First RSNA Image Share Patients

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has enrolled the first patients in RSNA Image Share, its project to develop a network for the sharing of medical images among patients and physicians.

Health Care Job Growth Defies Hiring Trends

The health care sector continues to go against the hiring trend, adding 29,700 positions in August of 2011 despite the lack of job growth in all U.S. markets for that same time period, according to a report issued Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health care industry employment has grown by 306,000 jobs over the past 12 months, the report

vRad, Diagnostic Imaging Form Partnership

In another move to more firmly establish a foothold in the Northeast, Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Virtual Radiologic (vRad), the largest teleradiology group in the U.S., has forged a partnership with Diagnostic Imaging Inc., a private radiology practice headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ACR, Other Organizations Protest Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and several other health care organizations are voicing increasingly strenuous objections to a multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule.

Outlook is Negative For Not-For-Profit Hospitals

The health care employment picture may be rosy compared to other sectors, but the outlook for U.S. not-for-profit hospitals is negative, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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