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ASTRO critiques CMS payment cuts for rad therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) roundly criticized a proposed rule released on July 6 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would cut payment for radiation oncology services by 15%.
July 8, 2012
New CMS fee schedule hits radiology, radiation oncology
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2013 that will slash payments to radiologists by 4% and radiation oncologists by 15%. The proposal would also expand to other medical specialties a controversial policy on imaging contiguous body parts.
July 8, 2012
ASRT, Rad-Aid craft fellowship program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Education and Research Foundation and Rad-Aid International have created the new Radiologist Technologist Fellowship Program for Developing Countries.
July 4, 2012
Altarum wins $8.4M award from CMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Altarum Institute has received an $8.4 million award from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Innovation Center to develop a program for reducing inappropriate imaging in southeastern Michigan.
July 1, 2012
CMS hits milestone in HIT incentive payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT said that more than 100,000 providers have received payment for using electronic health records under the federal healthcare IT stimulus program.
June 19, 2012
CMS awards $6M grant to Imaging Advantage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has awarded a $6 million grant to radiology management and interpretation services firm Imaging Advantage and partners for a project titled, "The right exam, at the right time, read by the right radiologist."
June 17, 2012
CMS establishes data analytics office, new data services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established its Office of Information Products and Data Analysis, which will oversee the agency's portfolio of data and information.
June 17, 2012
Report ties keepsake ultrasound to fetal gender tests in Canada
By Rosemary Frei
An investigative report has caused a stir in Canada after it revealed that keepsake ultrasound clinics are willing to provide the gender of fetuses before 20 weeks of gestation. This is early enough for women to request an abortion and feeds into the phenomenon of female feticide in some immigrant communities in Canada.
June 14, 2012
SIIM: How to add clinical decision support -- and make it stick
By Cynthia E. Keen
ORLANDO, FL - The key to success for implementing clinical decision support with computerized physician order-entry systems for diagnostic imaging is based on three key principles, according to a presentation at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.
June 9, 2012
Backers of CT screening slam new lung cancer guidelines: Part 2
By Eric Barnes
Are last month's guidelines on CT lung screening too conservative? AuntMinnie.com is exploring that question in a two-part series that examines the science and politics of CT screening. In part 2, we examine what happens to those who fall outside the new screening criteria, as well who might be opposed to performing CT lung scans.
June 6, 2012
ISRRT launches travel support fund
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new travel fund supported by several organizations will allow more than 20 radiologic technologists from 10 low-income countries to attend the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) world congress in Toronto.
June 5, 2012
ASCO: Patient income affects trial enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The lower their income, the less likely patients are to participate in cancer clinical trials, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, currently under way in Chicago.
June 3, 2012
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