The Economic Environment of 2006: How Safe Is Your Practice and What You Can Do to Protect It

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Patti, John A ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMCLC; economic strategies; imaging cost; imaging utilization; payment policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LAW; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 33846607661     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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