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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 more

Cracking 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 more

4 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 more

6 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 more

30 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 more

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 more

340B 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 more

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 more

Celebrate 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 more

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 more

Helmsley 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 more

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 more

Retiring 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 more

For 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 more

The 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 more