ImagingBiz, founded by longtime industry veteran Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle, includes a portfolio of specialized publications delivering business intelligence for hospitals, imaging centers, and radiology practices. This education and information portal offers a wealth of expertise on the rapidly changing world of medical imaging.
Specialized publications include the Radiology Business Journal, a bimonthly print journal exploring the transformational leadership and business issues at work in radiology today; ImagingBiz.com, a monthly e-newsletter delivering business intelligence for radiology stakeholders in both the outpatient and hospital environments; Radinformatics.com, a bimonthly e-newsletter examining imaging informatics challenges and solutions for practices and hospitals; Medical Imaging Review, a quarterly e-newsletter focused on business solutions for hospital radiology administrators and C-suite executives; RadAnalytics, a quarterly e-newsletter dedicated to helping practice leaders translate data into actionable information; and Health CXO, a bimonthly e-newsletter providing strategic planning intelligence for C-suite hospital executives.
The Jig Is Up
For many years, hospitals and physician practices have engaged with payors in a little game we play in a free market society called “negotiation.” This game enables the players to use whatever tools and stratagems they possess to leverage as good a price possible for their services/business in an increasingly price-conscious marketplace. On the provider side, good means high, and on the payor side, good means low. Providers might negotiate from a position
