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.

Final call for ICD-10 end-to-end testing

CMS is holding a third session of ICD-10 end-to-end testing at the end of July, and volunteer forms must be submitted by April 17. 

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WEDI survey: Providers, vendors, payors struggle with ICD-10 prep

The Oct. 1 ICD-10 deadline is getting closer, and according to a recent WEDI survey of providers, health plans and vendors, healthcare organizations are struggling to comply in time.

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ACR 2015™ attendees to learn how clinical research can advance patient care and their practice

Washington, DC — Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ clinical research sessions will learn how to participate in clinical trials, generate new revenue streams, and demonstrate value in new health care delivery and payment systems.

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Liftoff at last for JV many months in the making

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Two independent radiology practices in New York’s Hudson Valley have finalized a plan, three years in the works, to form a joint venture and begin actively inviting other groups to climb aboard. 

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Head CT scan more price transparent than other healthcare services

While obtaining pricing information for a medical imaging exam like a non-contrast head CT may be difficult and time consuming, it's likely that exam is going to be more price transparent than other healthcare services, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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Extra, extra! Vegas newspaper bets on radiology as a good read

The largest daily newspaper in Nevada has done radiology a kindness. On a Sunday in late March, the Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday circ: 200,000-plus), ran a feature article titled “Radiologists play a key role in modern medicine.”

CMS contingency plan on SGR will delay reimbursement cut

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is putting into effect a contingency plan to avoid a 21% cut to Medicare physician reimbursements scheduled to go into effect Wednesday, April 1.

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Is IT System Consolidation in Your Cards?

Many of you are sending staff off to the the annual HIMSS meeting in Chicago, and a helpful concept to keep in mind would be the following: Few things are more complex than making something simple.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.