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The Reimbursable X-Ray Exam Overlooked by Most Clinics and Hospitals
Reimbursement—or the lack thereof—is a pain point for most of our imaging customers. If you see Medicare patients, as most organizations do, then you’d love to increase volume around the Medicare-reimbursable procedures that can be carried out regularly and efficiently. Read moreCracking The Work-Rest Ratio Code
Feeling like you're constantly struggling for motivation and energy at your hospital, clinic or imaging center? The following advice has been excerpted with permission from Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith's book 'Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity.' Here, Dr. Dalton-Smith, a featured speaker at... Read more4 Reasons to Attend an Ultrasound Road Show (Plus a Letter to Your Boss)
All throughout the month of October, Cassling and Siemens Healthineers are hitting the road to bring the latest innovations in ultrasound to cities throughout the Midwest. Read more6 Tips for Submitting a Successful Helmsley Grant
Hospitals and imaging facilities still have time to submit proposals for the Helmsley Grant. In this blog, we’ll give tips on submitting an effective proposal. Plus, we’ll take a look at the history of the grant, detail why hospitals should consider this opportunity and examine next steps for institutions chosen to move... Read more30 Years Strong for this Cassling Field Service Engineer
For three decades, Field Service Engineer (FSE) Duane Losh has brought his A-game to Cassling customers, doing everything necessary to ensure their imaging equipment works well and responding to service calls at once to get things back up and running as quickly as possible. In his 30-year career, he's brought a positive... Read moreby Cassling in Employee Spotlight
Ultrasound Road Show
Some of the newest and most innovative ultrasound products from Siemens Healthineers are coming to the Midwest, and you're invited to an intimate glimpse at these systems. Omaha, Nebraska – Oct. 2 Wichita, Kansas – Oct. 11 Sioux City, Iowa – Oct. 16 Des Moines, Iowa – Oct. 17 Fargo, North Dakota – Oct. 23 Read more340B Drug Pricing Program: How Hospitals and Even Radiology Departments Can Benefit
Editor’s note: While the 340B program is facing Federal revisions, particularly related to program oversight and reimbursement level, the program represents one option many rural and non-profit providers utilize to provide safety-net healthcare services in their respective communities. I recently spoke to a hospital CEO in... Read moreby Kyle Salem, Ph.D. in 340B
Field Service Engineer Reed Poulsen Celebrates 30 Years with Cassling
This summer, Reed Poulsen, one of Cassling's longest-serving Field Service Engineers, celebrated 30 years of offering exceptional equipment service to customers. Here, those who know Reed best offer their congratulations, along with a few photos highlighting just how much imaging equipment (and Reed himself!) have changed... Read moreCelebrate Sonographers with Help (and Free Swag) from Cassling
You may have noticed that we’ve gone a little ultrasound-crazy here at Cassling. It’s not until October that we celebrate Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month, or as we’ve taken to calling it, #MUAM (my social media team tells me I have to use the hashtag or it doesn’t count). School is barely back in session, but we wanted... Read moreby Mike Cassling in Ultrasound,
Commitment and Loyalty Mark Rod Rosenbohm's Decades of Service
As Field Service Engineer Rod Rosenbohm celebrates 30 years of helping the Midwest's hospitals maintain maximum equipment uptime, friends and colleagues chimed in with their thoughts on what makes Rod's career at Cassling so special. Not surprisingly, almost all were quick to point to his loyalty to customers and... Read moreHelmsley Grants Available for Radiology Equipment
The Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program's Radiology Equipment Initiative is a funding opportunity for qualifying Critical Access Hospitals and not-for-profit clinics in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. This year, qualifying facilities may apply for funding to... Read moreby Cassling in X-ray, Surgical C-Arms
Kathy Osborne Celebrates 20 Years in the Family Business
When Account Executive Kathy Osborne was a kid, she visited a client hospital with her father, Ken Vetter, a man instrumental to the company’s initial success. While there, she got a firsthand look at the X-ray machines and other equipment that Cassling Diagnostic Imaging has been supplying to hospitals for upwards of... Read moreRetiring Engineer Exemplifies the Best of Cassling Service
Most people probably know Dan Spahn as a reliable, intelligent Field Service Engineer whom hospitals trust to handle any number of imaging equipment issues they encounter. Read moreFor Former Sonographer, Work Ethic Born on the Ranch Translates Well to Business
Randy Wobig, Cassling Chief Information Officer, shares how he got started in the healthcare industry and about his transition into the corporate field. Read moreThe ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound
What if you could... Image every patient, no matter the size or weight? Get a fully focused B-mode image no matter the patient type? Get higher contrast longevity on the most difficult patients? Get real-time color flow every time without motion artifacts? Image and measure tissue stiffness deeper than ever before? Now you... Read moreby Cassling in Ultrasound,