Parma (Ohio) Community General Hospital has announced the opening of a new outpatient center.
Radiology
Given Imaging has announced it has filed an FDA application seeking regulatory clearance to market its PillCam COLON 2 for visualization of the lower gastrointestinal tract, according to a news release.
During the 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago from Nov. 25 to 30, GE Healthcare announced the receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for an advanced imaging tool, which…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Optimal Radiology, a provider of comprehensive radiology solutions to hospitals, has joined with Nashville-based Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, a provider of radiology and other specialty medical services, to form Optimal Radiology Partners, an integrated national radiology practice.
Additional imaging service referrals by providers who self-referred cost Medicare approximately $109 million, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
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Radiology has a significant clinical and economic impact on hospitals, as it affects nearly every major disease category and is one of the top cost drivers in healthcare. Hank Schlissberg, chief strategy officer, and Frank Seidelmann, DO, co-founder, chairman of…
Medicare Part B spending for noninvasive diagnostic imaging has decreased 21 percent from 2006 to 2010, dropping from approximately $11.91 billion to $9.46 billion, according to a study in Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., has announced it has replaced the multiple liters of laxative consumed by people in preparation for a CT colonography with four pills, according to a news release.
The American College of Radiology announced the establishment of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute to study the role of radiology in new healthcare delivery and payment models.
West Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health and RadNet, a diagnostic imaging services provider, announced the operational commencement of their joint venture in imaging services.