Six healthcare networks aspiring to become accountable care organizations (ACO) are the first to seek accreditation through a program launched by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a Washington, D.C-based healthcare nonprofit organization.

In the wake of a Jan. 13 CNN exclusive detailing widespread sharing of exams questions, known as recalls, the American Board of Radiology (ABR) has issued a pair of statements regarding the security of its qualifying exam and emphasized a new case-based test format that will debut in 2013.

Because it is highly operator dependent, 3D post-processing of volumetric patient data can have inconsistent quality depending on the experience of the technologist. Quality control programs, however, can help reduce errors without negatively impacting productivity, according to a study in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE), Idahos state designated entity, entered into an agreement with Greenway Medical that will allow the states providers to connect to the statewide health information exchange.

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.