AuntMinnie | Face it, folks: In less than six months, all healthcare providers who bill for the technical component of advanced imaging services must be accredited under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. More than a few facilities are scrambling to get...
imagingBiz | In recent years, interventional radiologists have had an easier time with the long-standing challenge of impressing their diagnostic colleagues with the intangible worth of a clinical interventional-radiology service. A radiology practice with clinical feet on the street has at least a fighting chance...
What the New CMS Rule Means for Teleradiology CredentialingOn May 2, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that allows hospitals and critical access hospitals using teleradiology services the ability to rely on the credentialing and privileging information of...
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...
Over the past year, a lot has been made of the IA take over of the radiology services at the Mercy Hospitals in Ohio. Albeit, much of the noise has come from the Forums on Auntminnie. With the recent news of their confirmed failure, the entire...