Radiology continues to experience explosive growth, with advanced technologies
creating breakthrough after breakthrough in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
More compellingly, this technology-driven revolution has coincided with the
increasing need for healthcare services for the baby boomers, and the rise of
defensive medicine, in which imaging is used to reduce or eliminate diagnostic
uncertainty and liability risk.
Experts put radiology’s overall annual growth rate at an impressive 18
percent. What healthcare organization or physician wouldn’t want to jump
on this high potential bandwagon?
But, there are warning signs on the horizon for those with or considering an
investment in radiology. Besides the huge financial cost of a start up, radiology
is now threatened by legislation and rules designed to rein in healthcare costs
in general, and specifically in imaging because of over-utilization and self-referrals.
As financial and political pressures continue to build in the current healthcare
system, radiology will continue to be a target of major cost-cutting efforts
in the months and years ahead.
But, in the meantime, what can healthcare organizations—or anyone who
has invested in imaging —do to protect their investment and remain profitable?
The answers are in Diagnostic Imaging Compliance & Reimbursement
Manual: The Essential Reference 2007, a new research report from Washington
G-2 Reports.
With it, you’ll get the ultimate resource for managing your radiology
center more profitably, featuring over 200 pages of business strategies and
tactics, plus a thorough discussion of the regulatory and compliance issues
that you must master to succeed. The report’s coverage includes topics
such as:
- Issues in structuring an imaging center
- Legal, regulatory, & contractual issues
- Fraud & abuse laws
- Self-referral law and regulations
- Anti-kickback law and regulations
- Per-click and time-sharing lease arrangements
- Data collection
- Coding & billing
- Denial Management
- Account Receivable Management
- Developing a corporate compliance program
- HIPAA
- Managed care, employment & service contracts
- Staffing
- Quality assurance
- Enrollment & credentialing
- The changing landscape & the future
Plus, to help you simplify your research on Medicare payments for specific imaging procedures, you get a CD of Medicare physician fee schedules for diagnostic imaging services, broken down by region for 2006 and 2007 (will be send separately, as soon as the data is released).
This one-two punch of invaluable information is co-written by Per-Se Technologies
and the law firm of McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA, both nationally-known for their
expertise in guiding and training imaging providers in best practices in management
and regulatory compliance.
Preview this report's Introduction and Table of Contents.
