Pre-authorization can bog down the imaging process but the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, CO, has taken ownership of front-end authorization and medical necessity review, saving time and money when compared to outside referral specialists. This in-house review has reduced the time-to-authorization from 5 weeks to under 48 hours, according to Aaron Hackman, Radiology Reimbursement Specialist at University of Colorado Hospital.

Many corporate employees look at each job as a stepping stone to the next, worried more about their next big promotion than actually doing a good job in the first place. This me-first attitude is being found more and more in radiology, according to a new article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, and it’s having a negative impact on the industry as a whole.

Stryker Corporation has announced an agreement to acquire NOVADAQ Technologies, a firm specializing in fluorescence imaging technology used in surgery. The $701 million definitive agreement between Stryker and the Greater Toronto-based Novadaq is expected to close at the end of the third quarter.

An annual review of the search assignments conducted by physician recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins revealed an upturn in radiology hiring, among other trends.

A review of mammography screening rates in Medicare Advantage plans found for-profit providers lagging behind their non-profit colleagues, signaling the importance of publicizing performance data so consumers and regulators can make informed decisions.

TeraRecon announced the acquisition of machine learning firm McCoy Medical Technologies at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine’s Annual Meeting (SIIM17) in Pittsburgh.

Radiologists were found to be consistent outliers in a study of physician practice arrangements conducted by the American Medical Association, holding higher-than-average rates of physician ownership and working in single-specialty practices more often than other physicians.

Siemens Healthineers finalized the acquisition of San Francisco-based healthcare tech firm Medicalis, signaling Siemens’ commitment to integrating population health management into radiology.