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Imaging use in Medicare is down, but will the feds take heed?
By Kate Madden Yee
Medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging exams are down 21% compared with their peak in 2006, reports a new study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. But are federal policymakers paying attention?
September 3, 2012
CMS schedules amyloid PET review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled a meeting for January 30, 2013, to review evidence on the use of beta-amyloid PET imaging for managing dementia and neurodegenerative disease.
August 27, 2012
CMS releases final rule for stage 2 meaningful use
By Erik L. Ridley
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule for stage 2 meaningful use, which now includes the viewing of medical images as a menu item in the U.S. government's healthcare IT stimulus program.
August 22, 2012
Radiation therapy fights back against proposed Medicare cuts
By Cynthia E. Keen
Few radiation oncology practices were prepared when the federal government proposed double-digit cuts in Medicare reimbursement in July. But the specialty's defenders are mobilizing to fight back with a major line of attack on the methodology used to justify the payment changes.
August 15, 2012
AHRA: Foreseeing radiology's future -- 8 trends to watch
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiology is undergoing a major shift in how it is practiced. In this rapidly changing healthcare environment, radiologists need to closely watch the emerging trends that are influencing their field, according to a presentation by Dr. Lawrence Muroff at the AHRA 2012 meeting in Orlando, FL.
August 14, 2012
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Changes coming to Komen for the Cure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has unveiled plans to move to a new management structure to focus on revenue creation, strategy, and global growth.
August 8, 2012
White children get more head CT scans for trauma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The odds of undergoing head CT for minor blunt head trauma were higher for white children than for Hispanic or non-Hispanic blacks, but minority kids might actually be better off due to the disparity, according to a new data analysis in the August Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
August 5, 2012
ASTRO: Medicare cuts could harm cancer care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cuts proposed to radiation oncology reimbursement by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could have devastating effects on community cancer care, according to a survey conducted by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
July 31, 2012
Imaging use rises for terminally ill Medicare cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
A new study published online July 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that the use of advanced imaging is growing faster among patients with stage IV cancer than it is among patients with earlier stages of disease. The findings could mean that imaging is being overused in terminally ill patients.
July 29, 2012
Report: CMS cuts threaten brachytherapy growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A proposal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to impose a 19% reimbursement cut for radiation oncology in its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2013 could negatively affect growth in the radiation therapy market by 6% in 2012 and 10% in 2013, according to a new report by market research group GlobalData.
July 29, 2012
Faxitron donates to breast cancer care in Latin America
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Specimen radiography vendor Faxitron will donate $500,000 worth of equipment and financial assistance toward improving the standard of care in breast cancer diagnosis across Latin America, the company said on Friday at the Inter-American Breast Cancer Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
July 26, 2012
Zonare wins $25M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems announced it has won $25 million in financing.
July 25, 2012
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