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.
RadNet Chaiman and CEO Howard Berger, MD, explains why the company has invested tens of millions into DeepHealth to rapidly build up a new business model.
The Los Angeles-based imaging group believes the move will make its DeepHealth subsidiary the “largest provider of radiology clinical AI solutions worldwide.”
EACH YEAR, THE CMS OFFICE of the Actuary and the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) Team compile figures reflecting US health expenditures, and the results are published, with analysis, in Health Affairs.1 Because the methodology used to acquire and evaluate the data changes very little (if at all) from one year to the next, this annual
Diagnostic imaging centers continued their growth trajectory well into 2007, according to the latest Diagnostic Imaging Center Report from Verispan, Yardley, Pa. As of November 2007, Verispan had identified 6,414 freestanding diagnostic imaging centers in the United States, a 6.2% increase from the previous year. Though the number of imaging
Are exclusive hospital contracts negotiable? Of course they are, but when a hospital provides a radiology group with an exclusive contract, the hospital may give the impression that it is a form agreement, ready for signature. What the hospital does not tell you is that these form agreements frequently are heavily negotiated.
It was 20 years ago, almost to the day, that I created and launched the first issue of Imaging Economics, a publication that its editor, Cheryl Proval, and I subsequently built into a substantive magazine focused on the broad economic issues facing a then-transforming profession.
Veterans will confirm that there is no perfect practice merger, but by following the signposts and avoiding the pitfalls, it is possible to craft a merger that works well for both parties. Nicole Palmer, CPA, has shepherded dozens of practice mergers in her role as client support for Management Services Network, Charlotte, NC, and she shared the
Although imaging technology continues to expand in complexity and to manifest itself at a fast pace, the world of medical imaging is evolving beyond more or newer technology to incorporating design to make technology more effective..
The aftershocks of the reimbursement decreases from the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 are beginning to be seen. Combined with other marketplace events, this is leading to interesting times in the radiology business. Some of the forces of change that are creating the tremors are well known: reimbursement cuts, the publishing of imaging prices, the
