On July 28, I was lucky enough to attend a physician-leadership learning track prior to the AHRA’s annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The day got off to a running start with “Creating Sustainability in Medical Imaging: Defining and Rewarding Value,” presented by Rich Duszak, MD, CEO of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute of the ACR®.

Jeffery A. Surges has resigned as CEO and director of Chicago-based Merge Healthcare Inc. following another disappointing financial performance in the company’s second quarter

An unnamed provider has scored a win for all health-care providers in the struggle with payors for patient insurance-coverage transparency, according to an article in Modern Healthcare.

Hoping to lower the cost of billing, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based SimonMed Imaging Inc. chain of centers is outsourcing billing operations to Zotec Parners of Indianapolis

Large and prestigious with four decades of experience, academic credentials and advanced health information technology, New Jersey’s University Radiology fills in more than just a geographic hole for in Strategic Radiology’s growing network of radiology practices

Five physician shareholders at Radiology Imaging Consultants S.C. of the Chicago suburb Harvey, Ill., have filed suit against their practice alleging that they are being squeezed out of the business to increase the proceeds the remaining shareholders would earn if the practice was sold.

eRAD, Inc., has formed an agreement with Advanced Image Enhancement, Inc. (AIE) to integrate the AIE image enhancement toolkit for mammography as an advanced image processing option to the eRAD PACS viewer

Speaking to attendees of the ACR’s second annual Radiology Leadership Institute event, former Senate Majority and Minority Leader Tom Daschle said he thought use of the ACR’s imaging utilization management system — which combines clinical decision support (CDS) with ACR appropriateness criteria — should be mandated by law