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08/20/2005, 12:09 PM
#262
 Originally Posted by shadowboxer
the Stand up is a niche magnet -- the orthos, neuros, and in LA, the chiros really like it. Image quality is ok, not fantastic. But it also is super open, so you also have the open niche. We have added a GE 1.5 T 3 mo ago, cause of the need for MRA and higher end neuro work.
The over-utilization, self-referral deal has def. hit the radar screens. Our senior partner is pretty involved in the ACR. One thing about our 100% rad owned clinic, I can't and don't send any patient to it and never will. The third party payers on the east coast are setting up some interesting trends, they are requiring that an imaging center have at least 5 modalities before they will pay for a study. This is a one way of dealing with the "boutique" single modaility self referral factories.
ouch, back to work. 10 studies in 50 min.
Well I wish you luck with the imaging center, I know what it is like to have to run one of those and having to fight with insurance over EOBs and such.
I think a good way to help with the SR is to do audits once a year at random on suspected centers. Just a thought, there really is no true answer I can think of to keep it at bay.
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