RBMA Educational Scholarships Now Available

January 16, 2013

Virtual Radiologic (vRad) and Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) have renewed their joint scholarship program for the third consecutive year, which offers RBMA members the opportunity to attend a RBMA conference by covering registration fees and other costs for attending. Since the program started in 2011, a total of ten scholarships have been awarded. For this year, vRad will provide six $1,500 scholarships.

In order to qualify for the vRad Education Scholarship, individuals must be current members of the RBMA and must not have... Read More »

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RBMA Names 2012/13 Directors, Officers

June 14, 2012

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) announced its 2012/13 leadership changes this week.

Succeeding Mochael Bohl as president is Bob Still, an 18-year practice manager for Lancaster Radiology Associates of Lancaster, PA. Bohl, practice manager for Ragiology Group, PC, SC of Davenport, IA.

Wendy Lomers becomes president-elect and director-at-large; Mary Hondl of the St. Cloud, MN-based Regional Diagnostic Radiology will be its secretary. Worth M. Saunders, CEO of Greensboro Radiology, PA, will... Read More »

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Medicare Clarifies Point of Service Rules

February 13, 2012

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has clarified that “point-of-service” designation for the professional component of Medicare services should reflect where the examination was performed.

In other words, the “point-of-service” for both the technical component and the professional component should be the same, regardless of whether the image was read from a remote location.

Although industry practice had been to report the “point-of-service” as where the examination occurred, CMS never had a real firm definition of place of service, says Mike Mabry, RBMA executive director. Definitions also differed for primary care doctors, surgeons or... Read More »

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RBMA Joins ACR’s Leadership Institute

December 16, 2011

The American College of Radiology’s newly created Leadership Institute added its first affiliate organization this week with the Radiology Business Management Association.

The Leadership Institute plans to begin offering courses in professional development beginning in August 2012. The new curriculum will include RBMA’s existing programs and offer greater opportunities for CE credits.

“The partnership with the RLI allows RBMA to take its industry leading radiology business and practice education in new directions and to stay in the vanguard of the education needs of radiology professionals,” said Michael Mabry, RBMA’s Executive Director, Read More »

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