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+ Forecasting Imaging Use Under Health-care Reform

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+ CT and MRI: Regional Variations in Utilization and Reimbursement

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+ Hospital-based Versus Freestanding Outpatient Imaging Services

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+ Cost Comparison: Hospital-based Versus Freestanding Outpatient Imaging Services

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+ Radiology-group Financial Performance

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+ Outpatient Imaging Utilization Trends

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+ The Radiology Staffing Market, Temporary and Permanent

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Notes from the RBMA Exhibit Floor: ICD-10

imageOn October 1, 2013, CMS will flip the switch on ICD-10, and health care providers of all stripes will be required to submit claims to CMS using the new code-set-on-steroids.  The number of diagnostic codes will multiply from 16,000 to 69,000; procedure codes will increase from 3,800 to 72,000. Every aspect of clinical and business operations will be affected.

Where better to get a sense of readiness and outlook than on the exhibit floor of the RBMA Spring Summit in New Orleans, June 5–8?

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Changing the Conversation

Cat VaskoAn interesting op-ed in today’s LA Times claims to make “the case for rationing healthcare.” But the author’s real case is to be found near the end:

“How might we ‘bend the curve’ of rising costs without forcing doctors to break with Hippocratic ideals? Percentage points can be trimmed by better coordinating care and providing it more efficiently. But...

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