As telecommunications technology advances, rocking the age-old paradigm of the radiologist tethered to a lightbox, radiologists have freedom as never before: freedom to read from anywhere, hospital or office; freedom to read from home; freedom to outsource night reading to other providers. Do these freedoms come at a cost? ImagingBiz.com spoke with

Imaging Specialists of Charleston opened its doors at a time when most imaging centers were looking for ways to cut costs-and the South Carolina center took an aggressive first-to-market approach, investing in some of the most advanced imaging technology available, including digital mammography and the country's second open 3T MRI scanner. When the

Clear clinical benefits have resulted from the widespread adoption of multidetector CT (MDCT) technology, as well as from the use of advanced, contrast-enhanced, and functional MRI applications. The resulting increase in data-handling needs, however, has been less welcome at facilities that are not equipped to deal with it. For example, a standard

In 2009, we find ourselves in more than just another new year. A new presidential administration is about to take office, bringing with it a clean sweep of the various government bureau heads and cabinet secretaries who have been in charge of the levers of power for these past eight years. Along with the freshness, optimism, and hope that a new

Heroes in Proving the Value of Imaging is an occasional series about advocates for the profession who are working to enhance radiology through research, governmental affairs, humanitarian efforts, and more. In Part 1, ImagingBiz speaks with academic leader Bruce Hillman, MD.

The first installment in this series described the process of evaluating your current vendor relationships to determine which of your concerns are not being met. In this article, we're assuming that either you're in the first phase of vendor consideration or you've made the decision to consider alternate vendors, and will be going through the

Adding a coronary CT angiography (CCTA) program to your emergency department can help save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by reducing unnecessary admissions and mitigating the medicolegal expenses resulting from misdiagnoses. The upfront equipment costs are daunting, however, as are ongoing expenses in the form of both technologist

After reviewing a proposed arrangement pursuant to which a company would handle the processing and submission of insurance preauthorizations for various imaging services for the benefit of multiple imaging centers, the HHS OIG concluded that it would not penalize the arrangement, even though it did not qualify under any safe harbor of the federal