Imaging On Call signs with Caritas Healthcare

Dec. 3—Imaging On Call (IOC), a teleradiology provider, has signed a contract with St. John’s Caritas Healthcare, which operates St. John’s Hospital and Mary Immaculate Hospital, both in Queens, NY. 

The Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based company said it will provide the hospitals with service packages that include preliminary or final reads, subspecialty reads, vacation coverage, post-processing and interpretation for coronary CTA, interpretation for breast MRI and stroke protocol. The healthcare system will have access to certified radiologists, skilled in all imaging modalities and with subspecialty training in all areas, according to IOC.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.