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.

Integrated Medical Partners Launches Radiology-Centric Solution, 'Integrated Radiology Partners' At 2014 RBMA Radiology Summit

MILWAUKEE, May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Medical Partners (IMP) today launched Integrated Radiology Partners (IRP), a solution set specifically designed to address the evolving business and clinical needs of radiology practice leadership. The new brand was introduced at the Radiology Business Management Association's 2014 Radiology Summit, May 4-7 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Hardest job in America?

An interview with WellPoint’s chief actuary in the Wall Street Journal suggests just how challenging pricing healthcare products has become as ACA rolls out in fits and starts.

Is bigger better?

Many in healthcare, from health systems to physician practices, are responding to the current uncertainty in healthcare by bulking up, an instinct likely programmed into our neural systems in prehistoric times. The Federal Trade Commission pushed back when it filed suit against Boise, ID-based St. Luke’s Health System’s purchase of the 43-physician Saltzer Medical Group on anticompetitive grounds, and a federal judge agreed, ordering that the merger be dissolved. 

ACR and Coding Strategies, Inc. Partner to Provide Physician-Focused ICD-10 Training

The American College of Radiology (ACR) in conjunction with Coding Strategies, Inc. (CSI), has launched a series of audio and video podcasts designed specifically for radiology physicians.

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NPR feels physician pain in segment on debt collection

A segment on National Public Radio's Morning Edition digs into the challenges physicians are experiencing as co-pays and deductibles continue to rise.

Intrinsic Imaging Awarded Global Clinical Trial for Hepatocellular Carcinomas

Intrinsic Imaging, an FDA audited, ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and ISO 22301:2012 certified medical imaging core lab specializing in providing imaging core lab services for clinical trials, announced today that it has been awarded a global clinical trial to assess patients with hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC).

Spreemo’s Cloud-Based Healthcare Marketplace Expands with Statewide Radiology Coverage in California

HOBOKEN, N.J. — April 23, 2014 — Spreemo, a cloud-based healthcare marketplace, today announced it expanded with statewide radiology coverage in California. Using predictive, quality-based modeling and online management tools, Spreemo empowers employers and carriers to improve care and reduce costs.

Strategic Radiology® Aligns with 3M to Offer Leading Edge Coding Solutions to SR Radiology Group Practices

Strategic Radiology® (SR) announced today that the organization has signed a strategic group purchase agreement with 3M Health Information Systems to provide SR member groups streamlined access to 3M CodeRyte CodeAssist computer-assisted coding software and 3M CodeRyte CodeComplete, a fully outsourced outpatient coding service.

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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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