Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

WITS(MD) changes name to ImageMoverMD

WITS(MD), a Middleton, Wis.-based imaging software company, announced this week that it has officially changed its name to ImageMoverMD as part of a new re-branding initiative. The change is effective immediately.

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Mid-Atlantic imaging entrepreneur convicted of fatal fraud-related crimes

The owner of a Maryland imaging center is facing a possible life sentence for two counts of healthcare fraud, death resulting, as well as multi-year sentences for other charges.

Toledo Radiological Associates Claims Data Access, Technology and Premium Service Drive RCM Renewal with Zotec Partners

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – (February 19, 2016) – Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in radiology revenue cycle and practice management services, announces a continued revenue cycle management agreement with Toledo Radiological Associates (TRA), an Ohio-based radiology group with 34 highly specialized board-certified radiologists. In the extended four-year arrangement, TRA will continue to use Zotec’s revenue cycle management (RCM) services and analytical tools to monitor data and ignite practice growth to the year 2020.

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Q&A: Radiologist H. Benjamin Harvey on malpractice claims, fear, and learning from mistakes

H. Benjamin Harvey, MD, JD, Massachusetts General Hospital department of radiology, spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com about trends associated with radiology malpractice claims and how those trends may impact individual radiologists. 

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Patients see value in discussing imaging results with an expert

According to a recent study published by Journal of the American College of Radiology, patients may not fully understand the role of a radiologist, but they do find value in immediately discussing their imaging results directly with an expert. 

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Guided meditation or music on headphones can decrease biopsy anxiety

Listening to guided meditation or relaxing music during an imaging-guided core-needle breast biopsy (CNBB) can reduce patient anxiety without interfering with radiologist-patient communication, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Looking into the future of fluorescence-guided tumor removal

A recent article from Forbes examined the potential future of using fluorescence detection for tumor removal. 

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GE Healthcare announces new ‘Unison’ partnership with UAE Ministry of Health

GE Healthcare has announced a new collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Health and Abu Dhabi International Medical Services (ADI) to bring “transformative” change to healthcare throughout the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The announcement was made at the Arab Health 2016 healthcare exhibition in Dubai, UAE. 

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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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