Children’s Hospital Colorado Reaps the Benefits of an Image-enabled EHR

Since opening on February 17, 1910, the 375-bed Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHC), in Aurora has tried to be a leader in providing the best health-care...

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Idle hands are said to be the devil’s workshop; in 2012, government regulators proved the same to be true of hands that are busy,...

CMS Place-of-service Instructions Continue to Confound Providers

On October 11, 2012, CMS published yet another version of its guidance on place-of-service codes for the professional and technical components of diagnostic tests. The guidance...

Image Gently Responds to the FDA

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MU2: Value Proposition for Radiology

On March 7, 2012, the proposed rule¹ governing stage 2 of the CMS incentive program for electronic health records (EHRs) and the 2014 EHR certification criteria²...

CT Dose Reporting in California

Many of the accidents that spurred press coverage of CT overdoses in recent years occurred in California. This led to enactment of the stateâ€...

ACOs: A Concept in Motion

While health-policy experts debate the potential of accountable-care organizations (ACOs) to address the problem of cost in US health care, a panel held on...

New CMS Rules Complicate Supervision and Interpretation

Recently altered CMS rules governing diagnostic-imaging supervision and interpretation agreements have created what one knowledgeable observer calls a horrible mess. Health-care attorney Tom Greeson,...

Regulatory Update: October 2010

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A rapid-fire series of radiation-related events, beginning in mid-2009 and continuing into 2010, culminated in the recent bombshell that the FDA would begin regulating medical...

Alternative Imaging Business Structures and Arrangements: What’s Legal?

In recent years, the diagnostic imaging industry has served as a microcosm, of sorts, for the larger health care industry. Diagnostic imaging has seen...

Malpractice Premiums: MIA in the Health Care Debate

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