Utilization Management
Using Next-generation IT Tools to Improve Appropriateness
It might well have been the unofficial theme of RSNA 2009 in Chicago, Illinois: “You can’t change what you can’t measure.”
Radinformatics, January 10, 2010Coalition Forms to Promote Clinical Decision-support Tools
In June, an alliance of health care providers, technology vendors, and imaging organizations announced the formation of the Imaging e-Ordering Coalition
ImagingBiz Newsletter, July 15, 2009RBMs: The Debate Heats Up
After a false start, RBMs have come on strong, but the advent of computerized physician order entry leads some to believe there are better ways to control imaging utilization
Radiology Business Journal, July 01, 2009MGH Decision-support Study: A Shot Across the RBM Bow
A new study¹ finding that radiology order-entry (ROE) and decision-support (DS) tools act to curtail utilization rates for advanced imaging is being celebrated as proof that a White House proposal to deploy radiology benefit managers (RBMs) as Medicare gatekeepers is unnecessary and ill conceived.
ImagingBiz Newsletter, April 15, 2009Precertification: The Provider Foots the Bill
Is radiology benefit management (RBM) companies extend the reach of precertification and preauthorization programs, hospitals and physician practices across the nation are incurring significant personnel and software costs in their efforts to manage program requirements.
Radiology Business Journal, June 15, 2008RBM to Broker Teleradiology Services
A corporate offshoot of radiology benefit management (RBM) company MedSolutions, Nashville, Tenn, has begun marketing a program of subspecialized teleradiology services to payors.
Radiology Business Journal, June 15, 2008Street Scan: Forecast Cloudy, Destination Unknown
Two major imaging center organizations released their annual 10-K reports last month, providing the first official projections of the impact of the DRA on corporate imaging center companies.
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