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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Medical Groups to Split $29.4 Million Savings, Quality Incentive

Four of 10 participating medical groups will split $29.4 million for achieving quality and savings targets in the fifth year of the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today.

Analytics Open Doors to Strategic ACO Partnerships

Accountable-care organizations (ACOs) are likely to assume multiple forms, but no matter which model they opt to follow, radiology practices and imaging centers must adopt a strategic, business-oriented approach to selecting the organization or organizations with which they wish to ally themselves, as well as to securing their positions as ACOs’

Health Care Employment Rates Show Sharp Uptick

Amid talk of another recession, health care employment rates are rebounding to a level comparable those seen in 2007 prior to the start of the economic downturn, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

AHA Slams Proposed HIPAA Data Disclosure Rule

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), slamming a proposed HIPAA rule that would allow patients to request reports that identify any party or entity that accesses their electronic health records.

U.S. Physician Administrative Costs Top Canadian Totals

Administrative costs incurred by U.S. physicians far exceed those incurred by physicians in Canada, reveals a survey published in the August issue of Health Affairs.

FDA Re-Establishes Medical Drugs Advisory Committee

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a rule that re-establishes its Medical Drugs Advisory Committee. The rule becomes effective today, with committee authority remaining in force until May 18, 2013 unless the FDA Commissioner formally determines that renewal is in the public interest.

Merge Healthcare Acquires Ophthalmic Imaging Systems

Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a Chicago, Ill.-based provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, has acquired Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS) (OTC/BB: OISI), a provider of digital imaging and informatics solutions for ophthalmology and other medical specialties. Ophthalmic Imaging Systems is headquartered in Sacramento,

CMS Foresees 5.8% Increase in Annual Health Care Spending

Total U.S. health care spending will increase at an annual average rate of 5.8% to nearly $4.64 trillion for the period 2010 through 2020--1.1% faster than expected growth in the gross domestic product (GDP).

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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.

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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.

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‘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.