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Diagnostic Imaging Intelligence Report is a monthly newsletter which covers new business opportunities in the lucrative field of medical imaging.
Each issue gives you concise, up-to-date analysis to help you anticipate key market trends and increase your facility’s revenues with proven growth and cost reduction strategies.
Diagnostic Intelligence Report is written for medical imaging providers and professionals such as directors of radiology, chief operating officers, radiology administrators, branch managers in for-profit, free-standing diagnostic imaging centers, radiology group practices or hospital-based medical imaging outpatient departments.
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 | DIIR June 2009 (full PDF issue) |
| TOP OF THE NEWS
Health care reform plan includes imaging provisions
RESEARCH/STUDIES
CT scans increase cancer risk estimates in multiply-imaged ED patients
3T MRI detects ‘early’ breast cancer not seen on mammography & sonography
EYE ON IMAGING
Imaging groups develop best practices for RBMs
LEGAL
DoD agents raid Siemens Healthcare offices
BUSINESS/FINANCIAL
Emerging markets for imaging hurt by economy
Diagnostic imaging stocks rise 19 percent in last six weeks
REGULATORY
Positron gets FDA approval for cardiac PET scanner
FTC delays enforcement of red flag rules
MARKET SCANNER
NightHawk Radiology sees decline in volumes, revenues
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| Health Care Reform Plan Includes Imaging Provisions |
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The Senate Finance Committee in late April released a 48-page document providing options for overhauling the health care system. Among the proposals are ones that would require greater transparency in self-referrals for diagnostic imaging services and adherence to appropriateness criteria.
The document is the first of three outlining committee options for health care reform legislation expected over the next few weeks. …
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| RBMs Get Guidance From Imaging Groups |
| Although groups representing diagnostic imaging providers generally do not endorse the use of radiology benefits managers (RBMs) to control utilization of imaging services, they do recognize the RBMs’ role in utilization management. Given that, the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) recently developed best-practice guidelines for groups that use RBMs.
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| CT Scans Increase Cancer Risk Estimates in Multiply-Imaged ED Patients |
| Physicians should review a patient’s CT imaging history and cumulative radiation dose when considering whether to perform another CT exam, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass., and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
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| 3T MRI Detects ‘Early’ Breast Cancer Not Seen on Mammography & Sonography |
| 3T MRI, a powerful tool for evaluating patients with a high risk of having breast cancer, can detect a significant number of lesions not found on mammography and sonography, according to a study performed at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
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| Eye on Imaging: Imaging Groups Develop Best Practices for RBMs |
| The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) have developed best-practice guidelines for third-party payers, managed care organizations (MCOs), radiology benefits managers (RBMs), and imaging providers for use when implementing or evaluating a radiology business management program (RBMP).
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| Emerging Markets for Imaging Hurt by Economy |
| The global economic crisis is expected to severely limit growth in the diagnostic imaging markets in Brazil, India, and Russia, particularly for advanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities, according to a new report from Millennium Research Group. Combined revenues from CT and MRI scanner sales in those three countries are projected to shrink by almost 15 percent in 2009.
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| DoD Agents Raid Siemens Healthcare Offices |
| Federal agents from the Department of Defense (DoD) raided Siemens Healthcare Offices in Malvern, Pa., in late April. They reportedly were seeking records related to several military contracts.
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| FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flag Rules |
| The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) April 30 made a last-minute decision to delay enforcement of new rules requiring a broad range of companies to implement identity theft prevention programs, pushing the compliance deadline from May 1 to Aug. 1.
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| Positron Gets FDA Approval for Cardiac PET Scanner |
| Positron Corporation, a cardiac molecular imaging solutions company, announced May 1 that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Neusoft Positron Medical Systems 510(k) submission for its Attrius Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner product line developed by the company and its joint venture with Neusoft Medical Systems based in Shenyang, China.
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| Diagnostic Imaging Stocks Rise 19 Percent in Last Six Weeks |
| The 10 stocks in the G-2 Report’s Diagnostic Imaging Index rose by an unweighted average of 19 percent in the six weeks ended May 1, 2009, with eight stocks rising and two falling. Since the beginning of the year, the index has fallen 1 percent.
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| NightHawk Radiology Sees Decline in Volumes, Revenues |
| Lower scan volumes for NightHawk Radiology (Coeur D’Alene, Idaho) contributed to a 7 percent decline in revenue for the first quarter of 2009 when compared with the first quarter of 2008. Revenue for the quarter was $38.8 million, compared with $41.7 million for the same time the previous year. Scan volume for the quarter was 722,321 exams compared with 745,075 exams a year ago.
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