Ever since we learned that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 would reduce reimbursement rates starting next year, people have been asking why this change? Most people understand the 20% reduction for film studies…it’s another strong encouragement for all medical history to be available via electronic media, but why is the government cutting payment for CR studies eventually by 10%? […]
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You may not have heard that the US Government has just announced that they doctors who use anything other than x-ray DR for image acquisition will face less reimbursement in the near future.
Here are the facts:
Medicare reimbursement will be reduced by 20% for “film” studies starting in 2017
Reimbursement will be reduced […]
There is a widely published report that Medicare will cut payments for analog x-ray studies in 2017 and that it will begin to cut payments for CR as well, starting in 2018. It is clear that reimbursement rates for film studies will drop by 20% in 2017, but it is also reported that the initial rate cuts for CR will […]
Salespeople are always about being positive. Never, they say, be negative. We also probably make the most New Year’s resolutions. The question is, how many do we keep? How many can really help us exceed the new year’s sales quotas?
Here’s one that can and that you need to keep.
Here’s one that is really ABSOLUTELY FREE because you control everything.
It’s about […]
What they said: Every vendor I talked to said it was a good show. They saw lots of people and they are looking forward to a great 2016. RSNA’s website says there were 28,000+ professional attendees and another 28,000+ total exhibitors.
Here’s my experience: The show seemed to shrink again this year and I didn’t see […]
Was it last year or 2013 that everyone was trying to upgrade XP to Windows 7 due to fear of not meeting HIPAA standards?
Since that time it seems to be commonly accepted that if you have a CR or DR (or for that matter any imaging equipment storing protected health information (“PHI”)), that equipment should be upgraded to a currently […]
Should I be positive or negative? Should I say “change is inevitable” or “death comes to all things”?
As you may know, our sister company, AMS, was one of the largest manufacturers of “x-ray viewboxes.” If I told you that between 2000 and 2014 there was a 95% drop in that business, I don’t think it would surprise you. […]
I was very pleased by the large number of you who responded to my blog “Is the X-Ray dealer dead?”
Perhaps this was a self-selecting group since if you were a dead dealer you could not have responded. Also, most respondents like their jobs and the industry; again, perhaps an indication of self-selection.
Most responses were along the lines that to […]
There was quite a bit of reaction to this last blog. It came from all directions so I thought I’d share with you a few from different parts of our community.
Hope you find this interesting:
Equipment Broker comments:
“After more than 30 years in this business, I think that the only thing that is constant is change. Even if the […]
I have been selling to x-ray dealers, large and small, since 1981. During that time I have seen at least four major technology changes and four or five major attempted consolidations of dealers and/or suppliers. The original products that brought me fame and fortune (perhaps that’s a bit of an overstatement) were x-ray viewboxes. I am beginning to […]
