Radiologists mobilize against DRGs.
Radiology departments--caught up in a frontal assault of economic pressures--are reevaluating procedures and reorganizing personnel. Offering moral and practical support is the American College of Radiology, which has drawn up a list of recommendations for coping with DRGs. Curious to know how workable these recommendations are, and to discover what novel approaches are being tried, Applied Radiology went to the front lines and talked with some of the field commanders.
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