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CONFERENCE ISSUE
VOL. 16 NO. 8
THE MAGAZINE OF DISTINCTION IN RADIOLOGY AUGUST 2015
Getting
Paid for
DBT
CPT codes are in place, but breast
imagers are adapting to reimbursement
and workflow challenges.
Archiving Trends
Desk Job
Selecting PACS Workstations
Early Lung
Nodules
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CONTENTS 20
gehealthcare.com/senoclaire More clarity. Mo
MANAGING TO SUCCEED While the value-ba
Functioning equipment goes a long way toward ensu
ON THE CASE By Erin Rowe, MD; Alex Merkulov, MD;
GROUP PRACTICE The Four S’s: S
offer a practice an alternative that may be succe
Getting Paid for DBT By Kathy Hardy C
CPT codes are in place, but breast imagers are ad
American Medical Association’s CPT Edi- torial Pa
patients. He reports seeing lesions with 3D mammo
DESK JOB
A recently designed reading room at the Universit
Radiologists also will want monitors and di
laptops, and still have enough tabletop space. Al
By BETH W. ORENSTEIN An IR study looks
A delay of a week or two likely would not affect
Potential Advantages Conducting the treatme
done?’ And the answer is, yes, it can.” Treating
ARCHIVE
STRATEGIES By David Yeager The Issue Is Wha
better ways to access data, referring physicians
At UPHS, the organizational thinking about
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Intelerad Document Sharin
Three Palm Software Mammo Workstation Awarded Pa
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Columbus Regional is look
Ultrasound May ID Patients Needing Lymph Node Rem
IMAGING INFORMATICS DICOM DOSE TRACKING
DATEBOOK KEY MEETING NOVEMBER 29 – DECEMBER 4,
SECOND OPINIONS Worth Repeating… Heard at the AHR
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