by: Wayne Webster I’ve been in the workplace for 37-years and most of that time I’ve been working in or around the medical imaging space. About 10-years ago I started my consulting firm and began working with dealers and servicers of used medical imaging devices. I found this subset of the medical imaging device business [...]
by: Robert Kerwin Fifty nine countries worldwide, including France, China and the United States,[1] are signatories to the U.N. Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”). The purpose of the CISG is to bring uniformity to international business transactions principally with respect to commonly used trade terms. If you live and work [...]
by: Wayne Webster The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is a part of the enacted legislation of March, 2010 known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama Care). The intent of the ACO is to streamline the delivery of care and reduce costs through the application of quality systems and measurements including the adoption [...]
by: Robert Kerwin With the worldwide rise in ferreting out bribery and global corruption, it is never more important to really know your business partner. The risk of ‘not’ knowing with whom you are dealing in business may include being exposed to situations potentially violative of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). This admonition [...]
by: Wayne Webster About 4-years ago the diagnostic imaging markets were experiencing explosive growth. As we all now know, the market was heading for the same crash as the housing market a year earlier. The growth was fueled by many things. Primarily the advancement of diagnosis, treatment and wealth were the main drivers with increasing [...]
As part of our ongoing efforts in Washington, DC, we routinely meet with the following groups to discuss and unite for our common interests: National Rural Health Association (NRHA) – is a trade association of small hospitals who have problems with accessibility that many of our IAMERS members face. The NRHA is a national membership [...]