Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

inviCRO acquires Molecular NeuroImaging

inviCRO, a Boston-based imaging company founded in 2008, announced this week that it has acquired Molecular NeuroImaging (MNI) and the two companies are merging all activities under the name inviCRO. MNI will operate as a division within inviCRO.  

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Affiliations—a small practice owner’s alternative to corporatization

Consolidation is beginning to intensify in the U.S. radiology market, according to recent analysis published by Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. But owners of smaller practices have an option that doesn’t involve giving up power to corporate entities: work together. 

McKesson announces two acquisitions

McKesson announced it has signed definitive agreements to purchase both Vantage Oncology and Biologics for a combined total of $1.2 billion. 

AHRA: CMS to release updated billing guidance for low-dose CT lung cancer screening

Expanded ICD-10 codes for billing for low-dose CT lung cancer screening for individuals who smoke or have a history of smoking are on their way, according to the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA).

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IBM to acquire Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 billion

IBM has announced plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based analytics company, for $2.6 billion. The deal will give IBM access to the data of more than 200 million unique patients, helping it further strengthen the power and capabilities of its cognitive Watson Health unit. 

Connecticut Children's Medical Center selects FUJIFILM Synapse VNA

The TeraMedica Division of FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.  announced today that Connecticut Children’s Medical Center will install Synapse VNA version 6.0, the next generation of its enterprise-wide medical information and image management solution, across its facility.

ASTRO shows support of Obama administration's final budget

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a statement in support of the White House’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget, which includes an increase of 13 percent in biomedical research funding at the National Cancer Institute.

FDA grants Guerbet clearance for OptiOne contrast delivery system

Guerbet announced today that its OptiOne Single-Head Contrast Delivery System has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

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Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.

“Before these CPT codes there was no real acknowledgment of the additional burden borne by the providers who accepted these patients."

The new images were captured at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography. One specialist called them "Google Earth for the human heart." 

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