BODY IMAGING RADIOLOGY

Body Imaging Radiology (BIR) Installs One of the World's Fastest 64-Slice CT Systems

Powerful, cutting-edge computed tomography (CT) technology now in use at BIR helps pinpoint heart disease earlier and gives doctors more information to plan and track appropriate treatment. BIR is on the growing list of facilities in the U.S. to obtain the Siemens SOMATOM‚ Sensation Cardiac 64 CT, one of the world’s fastest and most advanced 64-slice CT systems, which can capture thousands of images in seconds and is much quicker than the average CT technology currently employed across the country.
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New radiologist’s specialty enhances comprehensive expertise at B.I.R.

Dr Raman Kansal is a native of Texas. He attended high school in Pennsylvania, received his BA in Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO and is a graduate of Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. His residency in Diagnostic Radiology was at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. He earned his fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Dr Kansal has traveled extensively throughout the US and the world and is happy to have found his home in Portland, OR. He competes regularly in team sports, including soccer and ice hockey.

Body Imaging Radiology is proud to welcome him to our team of skilled radiologists. view bio >>>

Fit + Youth + Male = Bone Loss?!?

... recreational riders of both sexes might not be immune to biking-related bone loss.

• Perils of Pedaling (PDF, 1.4Mb)

Remote Viewer Technology

Now you can consult with one of our experienced radiologists while viewing your patient's image. Patient reports are also available at the touch of a button. Call us today. We'll make it easy ...
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Body Imaging Radiology Matches Providence In-Network Benefits

Effective immediately, all patients the law allows may be seen at BIR and PBC without paying higher out-of-network charges.*

In-Network Matching Policy Overview

Allows all patients to be seen at BIR and PBC
Restores physician access to the imaging center of their choice
Alleviates the burdensome task of determining which patients may be seen at our facilities
Applies specifically to patients covered by Providence insurance products and the over 125 insurance plans controlled by Providence through its rented provider panels

Policy Details

We will match in-network benefits by writing off the difference between “in” and out-of-network benefits
Patients will be charged the same co-pay and/or patient responsibility charges they would have paid
in-network. Nothing more.

*Exclusions

The law does not allow patients with Providence Medicare and Medicaid products to be seen at BIR or PBC. These patients have no out-of-network benefits and Medicare/Medicaid prohibit us from writing off their charges. The exception to the exclusion is Providence Medicare Supplement Plan F.
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Providence Antitrust Action
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Body Imaging Radiology, along with EPIC Imaging, announced the filing in Federal Court today of an injunction and lawsuit against Providence Health Systems. "To protect our patients' and their physicians' access to imaging services of their choice, I believe I have no choice but to seek an immediate injunction in federal court against Providence Health Systems' harmful actions," ... more >>>

•	NEW 03/19/07 Body Imaging Radiology Matches Providence In-House Benefits. view >>>
•	03/22/06 Providence Narrowly Avoids Antitrust Scrutiny for Now. Local Imaging Centers Will Press On. view press release >>>
•	08/30/05 Important update for physicians ... view >>>
•	Providence Delay Forces Imaging Centers to Withdraw their Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and Request an Expedited Trial Date in their Antitrust Action Against the Healthcare Giant. view press release >>>
•	Oregonians Agree with Local Imaging Centers: Choice and Access in Healthcare Decisions Should Not Be Denied by Providence, A Davis, Hibbitts and Midghall Poll Indicates view press release >>>
•	Imaging Centers win OMA support
•	Providence Requests for a Delay in Antitrust Action