The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing plans to calculate reimbursements using separate cost centers for computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging that were included in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and calendar year (CY 2014) rates proposed rule.

Today, a council debate over MRI and CT scans is taking place in Edmonton, Canada, that shows the stark difference between the U.S. and Canadian healthcare systems.

Disruptive physician behavior in a typical 400-bed hospital can lead to annual costs of more than $1 million, and correcting these behaviors represents a source of potential savings for a provider, according to an article published in the September issue of Academic Radiology.

Zotec Partners, LLC (Zotec) today announces it has closed the definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a medical billing and practice management company and subsidiary of publicly traded CBIZ, Inc., effective Aug. 30, 2013.

The BrainSuite, an intraoperative imaging suite housed in the Patient Pavilion at Albany Medical Center in New York, is set to become fully operational on Sept. 4. Recently the center hosted members of the media for a tour of the new facility.

Reducing unnecessary radiation exposure is a critical health initiative in today’s imaging world, and a Columbus-based radiology practice is helping to solve this important patient health concern.

It’s easy to get lost in the weeds as I try to keep up with the latest imaging applications, and digging through comparative effectiveness research or analyses of dose reduction strategies can be intriguing. But every once in a while you have to take a step back from this zoomed-in view and look at the bigger picture.

Direct Radiology, LLC, ("DR") a national physician-owned and operated teleradiology partnership, says a patent lawsuit filed by Virtual Radiologic ("vRad") and NightHawk Radiology Services ("NightHawk") is unfounded and represents an attempt to stymie market competition from smaller, more responsive, physician-driven companies.