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DECEMBER, 2012

MBMS selected to provide billing and practice management services to the largest private practice radiology group in Western Pennsylvania

MBMS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the exclusive billing and practice management agreements with Allegheny Radiology Associates and Allegheny Imaging of McCandless. Allegheny Radiology Associates is the largest private practice radiology group in Pittsburgh, PA; providing excellence in patient care to The Western Pennsylvania Health System through highly skilled, subspecialty and fellowship trained, radiologists. Allegheny Radiology Associates will benefit from MBMS’s comprehensive coding and documentation program lead by nationally recognized speaker, presenter and educator Lori Shore. Lori will work in conjunction with the dedicated client service employees assigned to Allegheny Radiology Associates’ to continually ensure the practice is optimizing their reimbursement and prepare the radiologists, through seminars, presentations and onsite training, for proposed changes by CMS well before they are implemented.

NOVEMBER, 2012

MBMS Vice President of Coding and Compliance Lori Shore to speak at the Northeast Chapter/RBMA Meeting

Presenting on the topic of ICD-10 and how it will affect radiology practices in the future, Lori will be offering her insight on physician and billing productivity, how to optimize reimbursement and the global impact of this new classification system. Helpful tools and guidelines will be provided to attendees at the daylong conference.

SEPTEMBER, 2012

MBMS selected to provide billing and practice management services to one of the largest private practice groups in Chicago

MBMS is pleased to announce it has been selected as the radiology billing provider for the newly created entity, Midwest Imaging Professionals. This strategic merger will include 43 radiologists providing services to 10 hospitals and 3 imaging centers in the Chicago market. Midwest Imaging Professionals will benefit from MBMS's state of the art technological advances, and its dedicated client service team approach, to ensure optimum reimbursement for the practice. The practice will also benefit from the business intelligence provided by MBMS's Discover analytics technology as well as its fully integrated Digital Lockbox, which enables complete transparency into the practice's revenue management performance in real time.

AUGUST, 2012

MBMS named Title Sponsor of RBMA’s Northeast Chapter

MBMS is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year it will be the Title Sponsor for the RBMA’s Northeast Chapter (for the year’s 2012 & 2013). The Chapter’s next daylong educational meeting will take place in Tarrytown, New York in early November. MBMS is looking forward to providing support to both the Chapter, and its members, in an ongoing effort to create and sustain a long, mutually rewarding partnership.

MAY, 2012

MBMS now providing services in Western New York

MBMS recently began providing services to two radiology practices in Buffalo, New York. In total, the practices provide services to 3 hospitals and 12 imaging centers in the downtown area. MBMS’s New York specific client service team will be working closely with both practices in order to provide them with expert revenue cycle management and practice management services.

APRIL, 2012

MBMS continues growth in Chicago Land Area

MBMS has recently partnered with Valley Imaging Consultants of Aurora, Illinois to provide the Chicago Land Area practice with superior revenue cycle management and practice management services. Valley Imaging Consultants provides outstanding radiological services to hospitals, imaging centers and their Vein Center in the Fox Valley, as well as the surrounding areas. This forward thinking, cutting edge practice will benefit from MBMS’s over twenty five years of experience and expertise in the industry.

APRIL, 2012

MBMS CEO Tom Schovee to speak at the Northeast Chapter/RBMA Meeting

In an environment of declining reimbursement and an ever-changing landscape, it’s critical for radiology groups to remain competitive. As one of the featured speakers at the daylong educational meeting in April, Tom will be providing meeting attendees with an in-depth, realistic viewpoint on the future of radiology. MBMS continues to be an industry leader in helping radiology practices remain in the forefront of medicine, as it has over the last quarter century.

October, 2011

MBMS named Title Sponsor of RBMA’s Northeast Chapter

MBMS is pleased to announce that it will be the 2011 / 2012 Title Sponsor of the RBMA’s Northeast Chapter. MBMS is looking forward to providing support to both the Chapter, and its members, in an ongoing effort to create and sustain a long, mutually rewarding partnership.

September, 2011

MBMS signs billing and practice management agreement with Radiology Affiliates Imaging

MBMS is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Radiology Affiliates Imaging, one of the most dynamic private practice radiology groups in the greater Philadelphia area. This growing, and diverse radiology practice, currently provides services to 5 hospitals and 3 imaging centers in Philadelphia, Wilmington and Montgomery, Bucks and Mercer counties.

July, 2011

MBMS signs billing and practice management agreement with Chicago Imaging Associates

MBMS is pleased to announce its partnership with Chicago Imaging Associates, a 16 physician radiology practice in downtown Chicago. MBMS’s Discover business analytics software has provided the practice with a transparent, in-depth look at their performance, on a real-time basis.

May 6, 2011

MBMS CEO Tom Schovee is featured speaker at the Northeast Chapter/RBMA Meeting, Tarrytown NY

Successfully guiding practices through the challenges of the current radiology market is no easy task. As one of the featured speakers at the day long conference, Tom presented information on using analytics and dashboard reporting to ensure that administrators have the information necessary to make the best possible decisions for their groups. This focus on analytics arises out of experience serving radiology practices in a variety of different markets and the facility MBMS has developed for understanding what the key metrics are to track to ensure success.

April 8, 2011

MBMS VP Susan Collins is featured speaker at the TX RBMA/TX Radiology Society. Austin, TX

Presenting on the topic of how to position imaging centers for success in today’s current competitive environment, Susan offered insight into ways that radiology practices can re-deploy their current resources to boost loyalty, satisfaction and differentiation among both patients and referring physicians. Reprising a topic first presented at last fall’s ACR Forum on New Strategies for Business and Clinical Leaders, the presentation offered practical, pragmatic advice about how to enhance a practice’s market leadership and boost volumes by engaging existing resources in new ways.