21 Jun

Posted at 09:09h in Health Insurance and Reimbursement, Healthcare Legislation, Radiology Practice Management by
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Diagnostic Imaging | Hundreds of hospitals across the country needlessly exposed patients to radiation by giving patients doubled-up CT chest scans a front page article in Saturday’s New York Times found. Assessing Medicare outpatient claims  for 2008 (the most recent data available), Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and...

09 Jun

Posted at 09:35h in Healthcare Legislation, Radiology Solutions, Teleradiology Services, Teleradiology Technology by
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Cloud Technology in Healthcare Recently, a blog was posted in Diagnostic Imaging entitled Cloud Computing Creates Climate Change in Teleradiology in which the author, Joe Moock, discussed the benefits of cloud computing for teleradiology.  Reading this post led me to ask myself, is this "cloud" thing something new? I have...

08 Jun

Posted at 06:29h in Healthcare Legislation, Radiology Patient Safety, Radiology Practice Management by
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Diagnostic Imaging | A bipartisan bill to set minimum education and certification standards for technical personnel providing, planning and delivering Medicare-funded medical imaging and radiation therapy treatments is moving through Congress. U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) introduced The Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical...

06 Jun

Posted at 07:25h in Health Insurance and Reimbursement, Healthcare Legislation, Radiology Practice Management, Radiology Services News by
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HealthLeadersMedia | Under a proposed rule, Medicare and private sector claims data could be used to produce public reports thatevaluate the performance of physicians, other healthcare providers, and suppliers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to allow organizations that meet certain qualifications --...