Routine appointments are scheduled within 24 hours unless there is a special circumstance.
Expensive studies such as MRI, CT, CT-myelograms, arthrograms and nuclear medicine may be scheduled by MRN.
Patients screened for potential problems such as claustrophobia, cardiac pacemakers or magnetic metal in the head or eye for MRI.
MRN may also at the payors request, evaluate whether the diagnosis warrants a radiology study and whether the proper radiology study is being ordered for the presenting diagnosis.
Proprietary mapping software for scheduling will locate the closest quality facility to the patient's home or work that can provide the referred service(s).

Appointment letters are faxed or e-mailed to the referring physician, medical management nurse and/or adjuster.
The day following the scheduled appointment, the facility is contacted to establish patient compliance with the visit.
No-shows are rescheduled and appointment letters re-sent.
*Appointment status can also be checked online with our MedFocus Online feature.

Radiology reports are available to the referring physician within 24 hours of the appointment verbally and 48 hours in written format with films, if requested.
Radiology reports are available to the nurse case manager and/or claims adjuster normally within 48-72 hours of the appointment **or they can be checked online with our MedFocus Online feature

Outcomes reports are available demonstrating the:
Utilization patterns of referring physicians
Diagnostic acuity of referring physicians
Over or under reading patterns of the radiologists
Other reports can be supplied utilizing any combination of data within the MRN interactive database in the format and frequency requested by the payor.

Savings reports are provided to the payor on a monthly basis per activity, listing employer, patient name, claims number, nurse or adjuster, type of study, center charge, fee schedule, payor reimbursement, savings to fee schedule and savings to discounted MedFocus rate.