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Markle Foundation: A Framework for Meaningful Use and Certified or Qualified EHR
[pdf]

CHIME Statement on Meaningful Use of Health IT
[pdf]

AHIMA Statement on Meaningful Use Within Provisions of ARRA
[pdf]

Wall Street Journal Lessons in Leadership
[site]

NCRP Radiation Dose Report
[pdf]

Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty to the Outlook
[site]

National Spending By Medical Condition, 1996-2005
[site]

ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards
[site]

Strategies for Reducing Bad Debt
[pdf]

Accounting for the Cost of US Health Care: A New Look at Why Americans Spend More
[pdf]

Are You Optimizing Your Contract Performance Data?
[pdf]

A Framework to Guide Health Care Reform
[pdf]

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Priors April/May 2009

ARRA Opportunities and Risks

April/May

STRATEGIC PLANNING

ARRA Opportunities and Risks

More is unknown than known about how the $19.2 billion allocated to health IT by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will be awarded and who will be eligible to receive funds. Anyone interested in participating in the reinvention of health care through IT—including radiology private practices and hospital radiology departments—should begin planning a strategy immediately and take an active role in defining the terms contained in the legislation.

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PQRI: Money on the Table

April/May

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

PQRI: Money on the Table

Medicare made more than $36 million in payments to more than 56,000 physicians who participated in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative in 2007. That’s the good news. The bad news is that only about half—52%—of the physicians who participated got paid, Bibb Allen, MD, chair, ACR Commission on Economics, told attendees at a special focus session on Implementations of Pay for Performance: Implications for Radiology on December 1, 2008, at the annual meeting of the RSNA in Chicago.

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Smart Marketing in a Sick Economy

April/May

UTILIZATION

Smart Marketing in a Sick Economy

A recent statement from Moody's Investors Service, New York, indicates that the health care sector in the United States— traditionally thought to be among the most recession resistant-is now showing significant effects of the economic downturn. Disturbing news is also emerging of patients responding to family budget strains by forgoing important health care services. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be especially salient in populations that are among the most in need of regular preventive care (and that are most relevant to radiology practices), such as women and members of minority groups.

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Priors February/March 2009

Further TC Cuts Ahead?

February

HEALTH POLICY

Further TC Cuts Ahead?

Radiology stands on the cusp of the golden age of advanced visualization, with the two most commonly used high-tech modalities, CT and MRI, increasingly reliant on 3D reconstructions and 4D analysis for examination interpretation.

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Thoughtful Management for Hard Times

February

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Thoughtful Management for Hard Times

Historically, financial downturns have not affected the health care industry, but it is not so this time. Patients are deferring care or avoiding treatment completely; uncompensated care and bad debt are rising; and the...

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Under the Influence of RBMs

February

UTILIZATION

Under the Influence of RBMs

It's no secret that utilization control has emerged as the method of choice for private payors focused on reining in imaging costs. What is surprising is the speed...

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Features

RBMs: 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

The Current State of Radiology Administration
Penny Olivi, MBA, CRA, FAHRA, RT, answers questions exploring the state of the profession and the challenges of operating in a down economy

Storage Dilemmas in the MDCT World
Be aware of clinical, customer-service, and medicolegal issues in devising an image-storage solution for MDCT studies—and know that the interpretation tools are in transition

OIC Strategy: Build, Buy, or Sell
Health systems are forging ahead with strategies to deploy outpatient imaging centers despite economic ills

Emergence Consumerism in Imaging
Hurried along by economic hard times, consumerism is making an impact on diagnostic imaging choices, and savvy practices are responding

Shared Services: A Strategy to Reduce Costs Without Compromising Patient Care
If the hurdles can be cleared, sharing costs across disparate providers can yield economies

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Marketplace

Popular Features

Minnesota's Bold Experiment: Radiologist as RBM
Minnesota's imaging providers become outpatient imaging gatekeepers

Physician Productivity Tracking Takes Hold
With reimbursement declining, more practices are wading into the dangerous waters of tracking radiologists' productivity

Trends in Managed Care Cost Containment: What Will They Think of Next?
A former managed care executive predicts that accreditation/credentialing and cost transparency are next up in insurers' campaigns to contain imaging costs

Imaging Center Valuation: What is Your Facility Worth?
While recent imaging center deals indicate valuations all over the board, there are reasons why some centers command top dollar and others reflect fire-sale prices.

Enterprise PACS: A Good Thing for Radiology?
Considerable benefits accrue to the institution when approaching PACS outside the radiology box.