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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