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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Top 10 Control Items for Managing Practice Financials

You have, no doubt, heard the story about the quiet, loyal employee with many years of service to the business who one day sends his boss a postcard from Rio de Janiero, saying that he’s not coming back. Then the owner discovers that a large amount from accounts receivable is missing.

Patient Surveys Guide Competitive Strategies

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

Asking customers what they need is one of the best ways of retaining their business, in the experience of Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA. Lexa is clinical professor of radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia; professor and Asia regional manager of The Global Consulting Practicum and adjunct professor, department of marketing, The

Summit Radiology CEO Mark Schaefer: The Role of IT in Building the Practice

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

The story of Summit Radiology is in some respects archetypal: the story of the modern radiology practice. Responding to changes in the health care regulatory and reimbursement environment in the late 1960s, staff radiologists at St Joseph and Lutheran Hospitals in Fort Wayne, Ind, formed Allen County Radiology Associates, Inc, and CFB Radiology,

Revised Anti-markup Rule: CMS Gets Creative

On November 19, 2008, CMS issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year 2009. Consistent with the CMS trend of introducing substantive regulatory changes in payment rules, the MPFS Rule contained a number of significant revisions, including the closely watched anti-markup provisions applicable to diagnostic services other than

Bread Lines and Cab Lines

I’ll admit it. The constant drumbeat of depressing news in the business and popular press about the downturn in the world economy had me spooked as I traveled to the RSNA last week. Day after day, the relentless narrative of job losses, housing foreclosures, lost retirement wealth, and mind-boggling federal bailouts prepared me for the worst. I

Bolstering the Team: Outsourcing Final Interpretations and Billing

For Kalvinder Sumra, MD, medical director at Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Cavalier, ND, the challenge has never been keeping his radiologists happy. The challenge has been finding radiologists in the first place.

Changing Vendors: Costly Mistake or Wise Move?

Vendor relationships can be tough, and many end in a heap of disappointments, unfulfilled expectations, and miscommunications. If your vendors didn’t deliver, is it your fault or theirs? What really went wrong? Can you fix it? These are million-dollar questions.

The Ultimate Road Trip

Just in time, radiology providers are arriving at an understanding of their unique branding propositions.

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