Economics: Page 107

HIMSS responds to GOP letter on stage 2 meaningful use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has responded to a letter from Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives criticizing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about the way it is implementing the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to incentivize healthcare providers to adopt electronic recordkeeping.
October 7, 2012
Gamma Medica gets bankruptcy financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma Medica has received approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California for $1.5 million debtor-in-possession financing as part of the company's Chapter 11 restructuring.
October 7, 2012
Regular screening could drop breast cancer disparities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Regular mammography screening can help narrow the breast cancer gap between black and white women, according to a study conducted by Chicago researchers and published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
September 26, 2012
Philips participates in Clinton Global Initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare said that the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting is highlighting Asha Jyoti, a collaborative mobile women's healthcare outreach program established by Rad-Aid International, Philips, and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
September 24, 2012
Radisphere teams with National Rural Health Association
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere has formed a partnership with the National Rural Health Association to bring its radiology services to the rural hospital community.
September 24, 2012
MITA: Medicare imaging use, spending down again
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging utilization and spending within Medicare continues to decline, and Medicare patients are receiving fewer imaging procedures for the second year in a row, according to a new analysis from the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA).
September 19, 2012
'Sequestration' could cause $11.1B in Medicare pay cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The automatic budget cuts required under the "sequestration" deficit reduction law passed earlier this year could result in up to $11.1 billion in cuts to Medicare unless the law is overridden, according to a report issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
September 16, 2012
NOPR asks CMS to ease coverage rules for PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) is asking the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make reimbursement for oncology PET studies easier by ending its requirement that payments be made under its coverage with evidence development (CED) statute.
September 16, 2012
Ultralow-cost neonatal ultrasound unit developed in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An ultrasound scanner costing less than $65 to manufacture and designed for neonatal examinations has been developed by engineers at Newcastle University in the U.K.
September 13, 2012
ASNC: U.S. cardiologists using less imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. cardiologists are seeing more patients than ever before, yet on average they are performing fewer advanced nuclear imaging tests on those patients, according to a new report from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC).
September 12, 2012
ASTRO asks CMS to halt planned payment cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A letter to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) latest push in its campaign to stop proposed payment cuts of nearly $300 million scheduled to begin next near.
September 9, 2012
Unhealthy habits boost colorectal cancer among poor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Unhealthy lifestyles among poorer individuals in the U.S. appear to be linked with an increase in colorectal cancers, according to a new study published on September 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
September 3, 2012
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