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St Paul Radiology Bids NightHawk Adieu, Pays $26 Million

St Paul Radiology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, will exit a long-term agreement to provide teleradiology interpretations for NightHawk Radiology, Scottsdale, Arizona, at a price of $26 million, reports the Minneapolis StarTribune.

Proposed CMS Credentialing Rule Sideswipes Teleradiology Providers

A new rule proposed by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to streamline the credentialing/privileging process for telemedicine could have a very different and disruptive effect if deemed applicable to teleradiology.

Medicare Claims on Hold for 10 Days

Anticipating that Congress will once again overrule the 21% physician pay cut scheduled to begin today, CMS has instructed its contractors to hold claims for 10 days while yet another temporary sustainable growth rate formula fix is legislated.

NightHawk Publishes Business Ethics Guidelines

Drawing a line in the shifting sands of the radiology marketplace, David Engert, CEO, NightHawk Radiology Holdings, has gone public with a list of the terms under which the teleradiology company would consider providing service directly or indirectly through a practice management organization [PMO] to a hospital. Coupled with a statement of

Innovation From the Outside In: Olivia Ho Cheng, CEO of Aurora

Olivia Ho Cheng, CEOOlivia Ho Cheng, CEO of Aurora Imaging Technology Inc, North Andover, Massachusetts, was recently appointed to the international advisory board for the Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics (BC CBMP), the first research laboratory focused on medical-imaging technology research and development in China. ImagingBiz spoke

Summary of States’ Transparency Laws

More than two dozen states now have laws mandating transparency in health-care pricing, in some form or another—including everything from pilot programs to full-blown implementations.

Price Transparency Gains Traction

Jeff Ronner, CFOOwing to a confluence of market forces, industry innovation, and government action, consumers in more than half of US states now have at least some ability to see procedure charges in advance. The concept is to apprise patients of their out-of-pocket costs before they schedule appointments. Armed with such information, patients

The Reconsolidation of Imaging Centers

Elliott Jeter, CFA, CPA/ABVSignificant market trends, over the past few years, have affected the competitive environment between hospitals and physician-owned freestanding imaging centers. The primary drivers of these trends are the relative weaknesses of a large number of freestanding imaging centers (caused by changes in reimbursement and

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