The Industrial-strength Imaging Executive
by Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle
Today’s medical-imaging profession is definitely not for the fragile and weak-kneed among our colleagues. It is becoming increasingly clear that navigating the constant changes and challenges that face the practice of radiology today will be the ultimate test of tenacity, perseverance, and creativity. We’re in the playoffs now, and the game is moving to the big-time arena—where the margin for error is nil.
Finger in the Wind
by Cheryl Proval
Physicians are in a real bind as fee-for-service reimbursement falls under attack and alternative payment methods (such as bundling and capitation) gain traction in Washington, DC. As of June 18, Medicare Part B claims were being processed with the 21.3% cut mandated by the sustainable growth rate’s formula, and House Democrats demanded legislation on jobs before they would pass the Senate bill to reverse the cut.
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Keep Your Hospital Relationships Healthy: Strategies for Every Practice
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Randy Roat, CHBME, VP of Radiology, MMP, and George Ehrhardt, CPA, Director, Practice Management, MMP
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How Hospitals Are Rethinking Imaging
Economic and market forces are prompting hospitals in two Ascension Health hospital systems to reengineer the delivery of imaging
Leading an HCO in an Era of Scarce Resources: Implications for Radiology
It’s no surprise that so many provider organizations threw their weight behind the recently passed health-reform bill. In 2009, 72% of hospitals reported increases in uncompensated care.¹
Teleradiology Providers Open the Door to Cost Savings
Community hospitals, like their larger counterparts, continue to encounter financial challenges as they strive to deliver cutting-edge imaging services.
Grand Junction: The Role of Radiology in an Integrated Delivery System
In the June 1, 2009, issue of The New Yorker,¹ surgeon-journalist Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, introduces the world to two US cities that, when contrasted with one another, expose the wide gulf in the cost of US health care delivery and outcomes: McAllen, Texas, and Grand Junction, Colorado
The Evolving Radiologist-hospital Relationship
It was the contract termination heard ‘round the world when Florida Radiology Associates (FRA) ended its 40-year relationship with Florida Hospital last year.
The Current State of Radiology Administration
Penny Olivi, CRA, FAHRA, RT dishes on managing a radiology department and an academic practice in 2009.
Heroes in Proving the Value of Imaging: G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD
Heroes in Proving the Value of Imaging is an occasional series about radiology professionals whose work demonstrates the value of the specialty through research, governmental affairs, humanitarian efforts, and more.
FRA and Florida Hospital: A Cautionary Tale Unfolds
After 40 years, a 47-physician group ceased to exist, a casualty of current medical economics, internal strife,and failed negotiations
Two Hospitals, Two Paths: Case Studies in Hospital Outpatient Imaging
The outpatient imaging enterprises of Premiere Health Partners, Dayton, Ohio, and Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ravenna, Ohio, could not be more different.
Hospitals Retool for the Outpatient Imaging Market
After watching outpatient-imaging centers siphon away their often-lucrative outpatient imaging services, hospitals in growing numbers are moving aggressively into surrounding communities to establish outpatient imaging center beachheads.
Transparent Goals Rational pricing will help hospitals continue to build trust in their communities
Witness, for example, the recent study From “Soak the Rich” to “Soak the Poor”: Recent Trends in Hospital Pricing by Gerard Anderson, a health economist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in the May-June issue of Health Affairs.
