For a while it seemed that the ICD-10 deadline would never come. Calling all radiology practices… Now, less than two years away from the October 1, 2013 deadline for ICD-10, many in the industry are just starting to address this issue. For those who don’t
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In my previous posts, I took a look at the impact China’s investment in rural healthcare is having on third and fourth-tiered cities like Nan Chang and Ying Tan. My latest visit to Ta Qiao, an agricultural village with 6,500 residents, however, indicates there’s still
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As my trip to China continues, this week I had the opportunity to join my brother-in-law at Ying Tan Hospital for a follow-up X-Ray for his right wrist, which was injured three months ago. [caption id="attachment_1587" align="alignleft" width="168"] Norman Yung, Chief Marketing Officer, Carestream Health[/caption] Considered a
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This summer, I am spending a month in China sightseeing and visiting family and friends. My in-laws live in a very rural part of China in a village called Ta Qiao with population of roughly 6,500 people. To give this some perspective, Beijing has about
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In Part III (final post) of our Meaningful Use in Radiology Series with Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., FSIIM, Vice Chair of Radiology for Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital, we discuss Dr. Dreyer's predictions for how the MU discussion will evolve in the coming years, focusing on
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Helen Darling, President of National Business Group on Health, opened this year's AHRA conference today with some sobering but much needed information on the state of healthcare in America. In detailing the potentially disastrous consequences that will come from healthcare costs that are increasing at
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 "extender bill" passed yesterday by the Senate and signed by President Obama includes a provision to delay the 21.2 percent physicians' Medicare pay cut (sustainable growth rate, or SGR) which was scheduled to go into effect yesterday. Carestream Health hopes and expects that the
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
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