Dear Imaging Center Insider,
The news that the U.S. Department of Justice settled with a Florida radiologist last week over allegations of fraud and referral kickbacks has hit the radiology community with the force of one of that state's infamous hurricanes.
At $7 million, the settlement is steep, leaving many doctors wondering whether it was a one-shot deal or whether it represents a trend toward increased enforcement of laws prohibiting fraud and kickbacks. To find out more about the ramifications of the case, click here. As an AuntMinnie.com Imaging Center Insider, you get to read the article before our other members can access it.
As for other Imaging Center Digital Community news, consider the question of whether teleradiology poses a threat to local practices. Find out what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is really doing to curb physician self-referral and how the agency's new rules for independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs) are altering practices. Finally, don't miss what imaging facility operators are saying about how the lack of appropriate reimbursement for breast CAD MRI is hobbling the technology.
As always, if you have a comment or report to share about any aspect of diagnostic imaging practice, management, administration, regulation, or financing, please contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
