Already a week into the new year, the healthcare industry is buzzing with energy and focused on the road ahead. 

Registration is open for RBMA 2015 Building Better Radiology Marketing Programs. The meeting will be held in New Orleans, LA, from March 15-17, 2015.

The 12th Annual World Health Care Congress convenes decision makers from all sectors of health care to catalyze change. 

Often lost amid the hurrahs over the promise and potential of big data to transform healthcare is how unwieldy it can be to apply in real-world settings—and how wary clinical decision-makers can be when they’re presented with it. 

“The repeal of the medical device tax is our number one priority for 2015. We are really hoping this is the year we see it repealed.”

While the integration of physician groups into hospital operations is expected to achieve more efficiency and quality of care, doing so effectively remains a top challenge and strategic imperative for hospitals and health systems, according to a recent report from the accounting and business consulting firm Dean Dorton Allen Ford.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that Eighty-nine new accountable care organizations (ACOs) have joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) effective January 1. 

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has named Peter Weems as the organization’s new policy director.