Kieffer, J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
"Multi-modality Breakeven Analysis"
This article uses actual operating data compiled for a large hospital outpatient facility to illustrate how cost accounting techniques can be used to monitor the fiscal health of individual profit centers. It also explained the value of the models as forecasting tools.
March/April 1997, Vol. 10, No. 2
Kieffer, J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
"Utilization Patterns in a Large HMO Population"
This is the first of four articles that showed patterns of imaging for a large HMO population. The HMO released the information for the article on the condition that it remain anonymous, and be provided with the backup databases to assist in it's own fiscal planning. This first piece organized the statistics by gender and age for those cases performed at the HMO's facilities. Commercial and Medicare capitation rates were computed using resource-based relative values (RBRVS).
July/August 1997, Vol. 10, No.4, p.24-62
Kieffer, J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
"Utilization Patterns in a Large HMO Population: Internal Caseload and Purchased Services"
The second article organized the information pertaining to exams performed in hospitals and other imaging centers not owned by the HMO. The databases of article one were combined here to compute commercial and Medicare capitation rates for the HMO's entire population. Heretofor the HMO was not aware of the proportion of it's capitation income that was devoted to imaging.
November/December 1997, Vol. 10, No. 6, p. 14-29
Kieffer, J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
"Financial Concepts for Appraisal of Imaging Centers"
Explains common tests that determine how a privately held imaging center can be valued.
The article can be viewed on-line at::
Imaging Economics
February 2002
Kieffer J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
"Building a Safety Net for Charge Capture"
Describes use of RIS accession number as technology-driven method to validate charge capture for Radiologist professional components..
The article can be viewed on-line at::
Imaging Economics
May 2002
Kieffer J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
“Deconstructing Buy-In"
The article explains fundamental principles behind valuation of a medical practices' most significant assets: accounts receivable and good will.
March/April 1999, Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 40-44
Kieffer J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
“AR Revealed!”
The article can be reviewed on-line at:
Imaging Economics
It explains what to look for in accounts receivable trends and how to determine market cost for accounts receivable processing.
May/June 1999, Vol. 12, No. 3, p. 65-76
Kieffer, J.A.; Drew, P., Diagnostic Imaging
"SIGNAL-TO-NOISE:How the Internet could wring $7.3 billion out of professional fees"
The article can be reviewed on-line at:
Diagnostic Imaging
The article speculates on implications of image transmission to regional reading centers, and how economies of scale can change national cost structure.
July 2000, p. 33-35
Kieffer, J.A., Diagnostic Imaging
"On-site coverage could prove superfluous in Web radiology"
The article can be reviewed on-line at:
Diagnostic Imaging
The article is an expansion of an earlier work, and quantifies the implication of centralized reading centers on the private practice of radiology.
February 2001, p. 45-49,71
Kieffer J.A., Decisions in Imaging Economics
“RVUs: A Day's Work”
The article can be reviewed on-line at:
Imaging Economics
It provides useful radiology benchmarking statistics in an exercise designed to determine the average daily productivity of a radiologist, in relative value units. November 2003, Vol. 11
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