Rental, retrofit and trade-in are financial options for moving to digital radiography. The benefits of moving from CR to DR are widely recognized by the medical imaging community. Radiology Today summarizes them as, "the technology is more efficient, quicker, and, most importantly, requires less dose to
Read More[caption id="attachment_2492" align="alignleft" width="104" caption="Michael H. Brown, vice president, sales and service, United States & Canada, Carestream"][/caption] Healthcare reform is the new normal. Change will be constant with continuous adjustments to projected regulations, but one mandate is here to stay: Pay for Performance CMS style…popularly known
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Guest Post: Brian Casey, Editor in Chief, AuntMinnie.com A new report was published this week that probably isn't a big surprise to anyone: The volume of medical imaging services paid for within the Medicare system dropped in 2009, the first such drop in 11 years. [caption id="attachment_1071"
Read MoreRick Perez, Radiology Administrator, Winthrop University Hospital (Mineola, NY), he is also a member of Carestream’s Advisory Group, a collective of medical professionals that advises the company on healthcare IT trends, discusses life as a radiology administrator and anticipated challenges imposed on radiology departments due
Read MoreOn Friday evening, President Obama signed into law the act to reinstate CMS physician payments to their previous level (without the 21.3% pay cuts which had been scheduled to begin in April). The new law will hold physician payments at their present level till May 31st,
Read MoreThe flurry of attention and concern over decreased reimbursement intensified this past week with the recent CMS announcement calling for new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rules that would raise the assumed utilization rate for outpatient services from 50 to 90 percent for imaging equipment with
Read MoreRecent discussions around health care finance have raised the possibility of another round of cuts in imaging reimbursement that could be further-reaching than even the DRA of 2005. Further cuts might seem excessive, as they would kick in at a time when early reports are indicating
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