March 26, 2009
DOTmed Forum Posts
- Honest / Dishonest
- I NEED REFERENCES OF DELIMED MEDIZINTECHNIK
- Frederick Benson and C.M.B. Air Cargo Scam
- Need references ASAP on Royi Goldman
- Beware of Ricky Rosas / Universal Medical Engineering Services
- Shaun Kurtz & Miracle Medi Systems Inc.
- Service Technicians
- Siemens Arcadis Varic error 25 unit shuts down
- problem with US HDI 3000
- Service Manual for the LUNAR DPX-IQ sw4.7E.
- Re: Konica Laser Imager Li-7 -"image problem"
- Service manual for Valleylab Force EZ
- Charity
- UNICEF Canada: Gifts that Give Back for the Holidays
- Re: I have a mammography system to donate to a 501c3
- Sleepdiagnostic equipment needed
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Letter From the Editor
Standing Free
DOTmed just got back from two big executive management conferences in San Diego. Imaging 100 was for imaging centers and ASC 100 for ambulatory surgical centers. These are free-standing, sometimes physician-owned facilities. They are under siege right now because even though they provide services at lower cost and higher quality than hospitals, they are paid less by Medicare.
It seems that the government views the centers as competition for already struggling hospitals. But another way of looking at it is that patients should be directed to the appropriate care setting given the procedure in question. Isn't that the best way to control costs?
Watch our news for future coverage of free-standing practice models such as today's news about a restrictive New Jersey law.
See you tomorrow.
Barbara Kram, Editor
People & Companies
- Nuclear Concepts Inc. Moves to Texas
- A timely relocation to the central corridor of the U.S.
- Mark G. Watson Named Executive Director of Radiological Society of North America
- Leadership tenure officially begins April 1.
- Burda and Strowbridge Publish First Report of Brain Stimulation Using Light-activated Semiconductor Nanoparticles
- Case Western Reserve University research milestone achieved.
- Revolutions Medical Receives 510K FDA Clearance to Market Rev Vac Safety Syringe
- Automatic retracting syringe designed to prevent needlestick injuries. Read a DOTmed exclusive look at this FDA-approved technology.
- Hospira, Inc. Announces "Project Fuel" and Plans to Reduce Global Workforce
- Hospira expects to reduce its global workforce by approximately 10 percent.
- Abbott Advances Clinical Trial of Fully Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent
- Stent is hoped to eventually be a new standard for care of coronary artery disease.
- Joseph Zuclich, Ph.D., Will Receive 2009 George M. Wilkening Award
- Joseph Zuclich, Ph.D., a research laser biophysicist retired from Northrop Grumman, will be awarded the prestigious 2009 George M. Wilkening Award for his exceptional contributions.
- Moody's Downgrades GE's Debt
- Moody's Investors Services cut GE and its finance unit, GE Capital, by two notches to Aa2 on Monday following a similar move by S&P earlier this month. The downgrade makes it more expensive to insure GE's debt.
- David Blumenthal, M.D. Named National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
- As national coordinator, he will lead the implementation of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure as called for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
- Pascale Witz Named President and CEO of GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics
- She brings a molecular biology and imaging background to new post.
- Edwards Lifesciences Wins Infringement Decision
- Edwards Lifesciences prevailed in German patent infringement case initiated by Cook Inc.
