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Partnership As Growth Strategy: New York Radiology Alliance

Kenneth Schwartz, MD, medical director of New York Radiology Alliance (NYRA) in Bedford Hills, discusses why NYRA teamed with vRad…

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Calif Unveils State Exchange Players, Rates

Covered California, the state’s health-care insurance exchange, named the 13 participants that will offer the four-tiered health-care insurance policies in 19 designated regions in California, where as many as 5 million residents are expected to obtain insurance for 2014, the Los Angeles Times reports…

FDA Approves Popular European MRI Contrast Agent Dotarem

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine) as the first macrocyclic and ionic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) that can be used in the United States…

Varian Gets FDA OK for New X-Ray Workstation

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Varian Medical Systems Nexus DRF Digital X-Ray Imaging System. The new diagnostic X-ray image processing workstation combines radiography/fluoroscopy (RF) and digital radiography (DR) capabilities on one platform …

GE Healthcare MR Technique Improves Accuracy for Imaging Joint Replacements and Implanted Devices

Addressing the need for better imaging of tissue surrounding metal-containing implants such as joint replacements, GE Healthcare and researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Waukesha, Wis., designed and tested a novel MR imaging technique that cuts down on the image distortion caused by metal in implants…

Medical Insight Updates their Imaging Solution and Releases Mobile Viewer

Medical Insight has released EasyViz 5.0, its latest diagnostic imaging solution, along with EasyViz Enterprise Web, a mobile image viewer…

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Intermountain Healthcare to Track Patients’ Cumulative Radiation Exposure

The Salt Lake City, Utah-based nonprofit health system that has made a name for itself as an innovator is now the first such organization to tackle the problem of how to monitor patients' cumulative radiation exposure over a lifetime…

CBO Budget Report Confirms No Savings From Imaging Prior Authorization

In its report on the President’s 2014 fiscal budget, the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) agreed with the White House that no savings should be anticipated from requiring third-party prior authorization for advanced imaging services — news that gave those opposed to the requirement another opportunity to make their case…

Henry Ford-Beaumont Merger Called Off

Merger talks between the two Detroit-area health systems ended over differences in corporate cultures and concerns from Beaumont’s clinical chiefs, reports Crain’s Detroit Business…

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Imaging Legislation in the Election Cycle

No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, odds are you’re not thrilled with how you’re represented on Capitol Hill. In RADPAC’s Congressional and political update at the RBMA conference this week, further evidence was presented for your ongoing disillusionment.