Tracy Destin

Maintained direct lines of communication between radiologists and all imaging facilities.

Established policy and procedure protocols pertaining to reports turn around times critical/stat findings protocol, .

Established critical/stat results protocol insuring patient is referred to referring provider immediately or emergency room as instructed. All patients are given a copy of results on CD and signed radiology report. Available for all after hour critical findings at radiologist discretion.

Ensuring all modalities are assigned to correct reading radiologist per provider/attorney preference. Monitored radiologist vacation coverage pertaining to on site contrast coverage, arthrogram injection coverage.

Requesting report amendments/addendums to reading radiologist per referring provider and or attorney.

Scheduling provider to provider conference calls regarding report discrepancy and or patient follow up procedure suggestions.

Maintained radiologist peer to peer reviews.

Ran daily auto/pip excel worksheets confirming radiologist to attorney preferences.

Advised all technicians of any imaging quality issue, pertaining to but not limited to motion artifact, scan versus radiologist protocol and or incomplete imaging and advising facility manager of any need for patient to return to repeat scan.

Ensured rapid result turn around time for all modalities of radiology reports.

Directly assisted all reading radiologists within the group pertaining to contracted imaging facilities discrepancies.

Requested any and all missing patient documentation/images from applicable imaging facility.

Contacted IT for any PACs issues.

Familiar with most radiology PACs programs.

Schedule depositions including updated radiologist fee schedules, updated CVs and W-9s.

Performed peer to peer updates for each reading radiologist.

Distributed all unread cases to applicable, available reading radiologist.

Assisted transcriptionist with any report/dictation discrepancies.

Provided reading radiologist amendment/addendum requests.

Requested off site applicable prior imaging and report(s) for comparison addendums from imaging facility.