As the healthcare system abandons fee-for-service reimbursement models for the potential savings of value-based reimbursement models, IT services firm CSC suggested that incentives for patients and providers need to more closely resemble each other for the transition to work.

Insurance status doesnt affect the quantity or value of imaging services received by patients in a hospital in-patient setting, according to a study appearing in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

Historically low aggregate healthcare spending growth of 3.8 percent in 2009 continued into 2010 when it increased only 3.9 percent, according to researchers from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), who attributed the recent pattern of low growth to decreased consumption following the recession of the late-2000s.

The U.S. government has filed suit seeking $150 million in damages and penalties from Universal Imaging, a Detroit-based medical imaging company, and its current and former owners, Phillip J. Young and Mark Lauhoff, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has reportedly saved $984 million through fiscal years 2007 and 2010 by enrolling 1.1 million of the states Medicaid beneficiaries in medical homes, according to an analysis commissioned by the state legislature.

Evidence-based decision support programs may be able to reduce the number of unnecessary CT pulmonary angiographic exams used to evaluate pulmonary emboli in the emergency department, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in Radiology.

The Radiology Administration Certification Commission has announced the list of graduates for the November 2011 class of Certified Radiology Administrators (CRAs).

The transition to a new year lends itself to reflection on the past and preparation for the future, and an article in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology takes the opportunity to do both by looking back on ACRs 2011 Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference (AMCLC) where a major topic of conversation was the challenges facing radiology heading into an uncertain future.