Imaging Centers

Why Design Matters in Imaging

It’s design that can make patients choose one imaging provider over another, according to Morris A. Stein, FAIA, FACHA.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, October 14, 2009

Accreditation and Radiology

Accreditation is important to radiology providers not only in ensuring reimbursement eligibility and protecting turf

ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 15, 2009

ACR Unveils a Modular MRI Accreditation Process

The ACR is set to launch a new modular MRI accreditation program designed to meet the specific practice patterns of individual facilities.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, October 15, 2008

Do Market Opportunities Remain in Outpatient Imaging?

In the post-Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) era, many current and would-be imaging providers are left with the same fundamental and related questions.

Radiology Business Journal, June 15, 2008

Chris Winkle: Taking MedQuest In-House

Last August, the news that Novant Health, Inc, Winston-Salem, NC, had offered $45 million (with an additional performance-based contingency of $35 million and the assumption of all outstanding debt) for Alpharetta, Ga-based MedQuest set the outpatient imaging world abuzz.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2008

Imaging Center Valuation: What is Your Facility Worth?

Easy answers to the question of imaging center valuation abound, but are they the right answers?

Radiology Business Journal, March 01, 2008

How Managed Care Targets Imaging Centers—and How to Fight Back

With the cost of advanced imaging technology always on the rise and reimbursement continually declining, now, more than ever, it is crucial that imaging centers negotiate optimal managed care contracts.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, February 15, 2008

2007 Medical Imaging Symposium: Consolidation Underway

Increased imaging center transactional activity, changes in health care regulatory law.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, December 15, 2007

A Historic IDTF Summit at RSNA

While McCormick Place hummed with science and commerce across town, an unusual gathering of top outpatient imaging center executives met for breakfast on the sixth floor of Chicago’s University Club on Tuesday, November 20.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, December 15, 2007

UnitedHealthcare Accreditation Mandate: Why They Did It

Last January, UnitedHealthcare, Edina, Minn, became the first insurer in America to require nationwide accreditation for all outpatient-imaging providers, effective March 2008.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, October 15, 2007

MRI Accreditation Checklist: Prepare for Success

United Healthcare’s decision to require MRI accreditation after March 1, 2008, initiated a trend among payers that is likely to gain steam.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, August 15, 2007

ACR to Imaging Centers: Do Not Dither on UnitedHealth Accreditation

In announcing that all network imaging centers must be accredited by March of next year, UnitedHealthcare, Minnetonka, Minn, has added accelerated the trend toward imaging center accreditation and technical privileging requirements.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, March 15, 2007

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