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Any reader of Radiology Business Journal knows that the complexity and intensity of managing a radiology practice are increasing exponentially.
Radiology Business Journal, December 01, 2009ARRA Update: Opportunities and Risks for Health IT
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2009Regulatory Report: Gains Made in Campaign to Limit Self-referral
Organized radiology has been devoted to the self-referral issue for more than a decade.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, November 15, 2008Time to Unwind, and Other Effects of the 2009 MPFS
Few federal rules for billing and leasing of diagnostic testing equipment and technicians by mobile testing companies will require the restructuring or unwinding of many imaging arrangements prior to the end of 2008.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, November 15, 2008Contest of the Implausibles
In an often-hilarious talk at the Beyond Conference in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2008.
Radiology Business Journal, September 01, 2008Caution Ahead: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
The imaging industry was able to beat back more than a billion dollars’ worth of cuts in Medicare in a bill that President Bush signed into law on December 30, 2007.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, January 15, 2008Washington’s Low-Hanging Fruit: Diagnostic Imaging
In the world of Washington politics, health care and health care policy are high stakes and high profile.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, December 15, 2007Letter-Trafficking and Self-Referral in Massachusetts
As in many states, Massachusetts policy makers are examining the impact that ambulatory surgical centers and medical diagnostic imaging services, particularly physician owned, are having on the health care delivery system.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, September 15, 2007Do Proposed MPFS Changes Portend the Demise of Block Leases?
Although block-leasing arrangements have become increasingly marginalized given recent Board of Medical Examiner decisions and a spate of high profile whistleblower cases, such arrangements clearly remain a target for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
ImagingBiz Newsletter, August 15, 2007Legislative Report: Maryland Radiologists Defends State’s Anti-Self Referral Law
In 1993, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation to prohibit self-referrals by physicians for three types of imaging services to patients.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 15, 2007Legislative Report: CMS Transmittal Rocks IDTF World
Just as imaging center operators thought they had a handle on the inhospitable reimbursment and regulatory environment for 2007.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 12, 2007NCQDIS: Now More than Ever
Those of us in the industry recognize that imaging is a fast-growing alternative to invasive procedures. New technology, an aging population, and declining costs of equipment are leading to more imaging procedures being performed each year.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 12, 2007Legislative Watch: AMIC Perseveres in Battling Imaging Cuts
Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) was organized in early 2006, soon after Congress passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 which significantly reduced the level of funding for medical imaging services provided in independent imaging facilities and physician offices.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2007Washington Report: Health Care Back on the Table
As the new Congress begins a shift toward a more domestic policy-dominated agenda, health care issues are expected to receive substantial attention.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, January 15, 2007Washington Update: Physicians, 1, Imaging Centers, 0
Physicians received yet another reprieve when the Senate’s final act before adjourning was to pass a broad tax and trade bill, 79-to-9, that contained the hope-for fix of the scheduled 5.1 percent cut in physician reimbursement.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, December 15, 2006Is Time Running Out?
In a typical year, more than 10,000 bills and resolutions are introduced in Congress and fewer than 5% of these actually become law.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, August 15, 2006Imaging’s Long Hot Summer Begins…
There are impressive signs that outpatient imaging is beginning to coalesce in a real sense, moving from its initial stunned reaction to the DRA to a planned and coordinated sense of urgency that is reflective of a grown-up industry.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 12, 2006Buying Time: Chances for DRA Reversal Grow Slim, but Moratorium Might Fly
Those hoping for a repeal of cuts to diagnostic imaging contained in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) may have to drastically lower their expectations for 2006 was the word coming out of both the American College of Radiology (ACR) Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 12, 2006Lobbying Against DRA Scores Victories but Battle is Far From Over
Grassroots lobbying can at times seem more frustrating than helpful.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2006States Pick Up Anti-Self Referral Cause
Is anti-self referral legislation too controversial for 2006?
ImagingBiz Newsletter, April 15, 2006Organized Radiology Plots Washington Course
The diagnostic imaging industry’s lobbying priority for 2006 is clear, say representative of industry associations and imaging center owners.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, March 15, 2006Be Careful What You Ask For
As the dust begins to settle on the legislative action that has imaging center owners in various states of confusion, angst, and anger, it is clear that no one saw this particular train wreck coming.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, March 15, 2006Congress Slashes Billions from Imaging Fees; Centers Plan for Cuts in Staff, Service, Acces
WASHINGTON, DC — When the House narrowly approved the Senate version of the 2006 Federal budget on February 1.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, February 12, 2006Congress Blindsides Radiology, Votes to Cap PFS Technical Reimbursement at HOPPS Rates
WASHINGTON, DC — Taking the imaging world by complete surprise, the Senate voted with the House on Wednesday, December 21.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, December 15, 2005
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