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August 31, 2010
Alliance Buys Controlling Interest in Radiology 24/7
Alliance HealthCare Services, which operates 120 fixed-site imaging centers and provides mobile advanced diagnostic imaging services to over 1,000 hospital customers across the US, recently purchased a controlling interest in teleradiology services provider Radiology 24/7. The company provides subspecialty final reads across all modalities to clients in 16 states.
“We’ve been in discussions about this for nearly a year,” explains Sonny Patidar, MD, founder and president of Radiology 24/7. “On a cultural level, there was a very strong synergy between the two organizations, and we saw the opportunity to build something very sustainable and strong together.”
August 26, 2010
S&D and vRad Form New York Radiology Alliance
On August 23, Virtual Radiologic (vRad), Eden Prairie, Minn, and S&D Medical, a 60-person radiology practice based in Bedford, NY, announced the launch of a new strategic alliance. Merging S&D with a vRad-affiliated medical practice, the partnership will form a new group called the New York Radiology Alliance, which will serve the New York City and New Jersey metropolitan area. The merger is set to take effect on October 1, 2010.
“As the competition in radiology becomes greater, the resources that are needed will become greater as well,” says Kenneth Schwartz, MD, managing partner of S&D Medical. “We felt that partnering with vRad would give us the additional resources we would need to continue to expand and provide the services we’d like to.”
August 15, 2010
Survey Reports Job Vacancies for Radiologic Technologists Continue to Decline
Radiologic technologist vacancy rates at radiology facilities across the United States continue to decline across all disciplines, according to data collected in the annual Radiology Staffing Survey from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. The survey included questions regarding the staffing at each facility, demographics, recruitment initiatives, and retention rates of employees in each facility’‘s respective radiology department.
Overall radiologic technologist vacancy rates declined from an average of 10.3% unfilled FTE positions reported in 2003 to 2.1% in 2010. Cardiovascular interventional (CVIT) has shown the most significant change, declining from a 14.6% vacancy rate in 2003 to 3.5% in 2010. The discipline with the highest vacancy rate is sonography, currently with an average 4.6% vacancy rate. Vacancy rates for other disciplines include 3.4% for MR, 2.6% for CT, 2.1% for nuclear medicine technologists and radiography, and 1.8% for mammography technologists.
August 02, 2010
CMS’ Hospital Compare Adds to Dose Scrutiny
In early July, CMS expanded its Hospital Compare website to include new measures related to outpatient care—including four measures related to the appropriate use of imaging services. These measures include “Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy”; “Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram”; “Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were ‘combination’ (double) scans”; and “Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were ‘combination’ (double) scans.”
The information is already generating results. A July 11 article in the Chicago Tribune reports that Edward Hospital, Chicago, Ill, launched an investigation after learning from the website that its doctors were ordering double CTs for patients at far higher rates than other local hospitals. The data, which dates back to 2008, indicated that 70% of outpatients at Edward received double chest scans that year, compared with a national average of 5%.
July 29, 2010
Strategic Radiology Snags Kleinschmidt for CEO Spot
Mega-group Strategic Radiology has hired Mark J. Kleinschmidt as CEO of the consortium of 15 practices representing more than 890 radiologists. Kleinschmidt most recently served as CEO of St Paul Radiology, Minneapolis, and senior VP of business services at NightHawk Radiology.
Van Moore, MD, chairman of SR and president of Charlotte Radiology, said the hire was the result of good timing. “Mark became available in looking for an affiliation, and several of the SR practice executives have known him for a while,” notes Van Moore. “He’s a good fit. His experience with a large group like St Paul Radiology, and his extensive radiology background will serve SR well.”
As he assumes the top non-physician executive spot at SR, Kleinschmidt emphasizes that the primary objective of the organization is to develop ideas that will further the independence of the private practice. “We are not trying to be competitive,” he asserts. “We are doing what is good for radiology and good for radiologists.”
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