March 2007

Features

Cover Story

	Let the Consolidation Begin
	by Rich Smith
	Howard Berger, MD, bucked conventional wisdom when he looked the DRA in the eye and acquired 69 imaging centers to make RadNet the nation's largest imaging center chain.

	MRI at 25: Growing or Graying?
	by Robert A. Bell, PhD
	The author argues that not only is MRI not a mature modality, but also that the Deficit Reduction Act will result in increased examination volume.


	Practical Finance in the Age of Rapid Obsolescence
	by Tor Valenza
	Although residual value leasing appears to be the answer to rapid obsolescence, self-assessment and a bit of caveat emptor also are part of the solution.

Sections

	PAYOR WATCH
	Illinois Attorney General intervenes in MRI kickback lawsuit; RBM programs aim to curb overutilization; malpractice bill would cap damages collected from individual providers.


	THE DEPARTMENT
	Analyzing the economic impact of extravasation; the market for temporary technologists continues to thrive.


	PRACTICE DYNAMICS
	MGMA names success factors of better-performing groups; program predicts chance of breast cancer recurrence; a look at office-based extremity MRI.


	IMAGING INFORMATICS
	Vendors empower PACS with results notification and administrative tools; McKesson's plans to integrate Per-Sé Technologies' product line; results of the summer 2006 HIPAA compliance survey.


	IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
	The ACR's new international volunteer services portal; six steps to successful physician marketing; SilentWhistle system offers anonymous feedback management.

Departments

	LATERAL VIEW
	Stewards of Your Future
	by Cheryl Proval
	Radiology is desperately in need of a unifying concept


	TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
	March 2007


	THE LAST WORD
	Is Something Rotten in the State of Radiology?
	by Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR

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