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ACR critical of Medicare fee schedule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging cuts in the proposed Medicare Fee Schedule rule for 2012 will drive many imaging providers from practice, restrict access to care, and may increase Medicare costs for many of these services, according to a statement from the American College of Radiology (ACR).
July 4, 2011
Senate removes Medicare cuts from trade bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Finance Committee of the U.S. Senate has removed trade bill provisions that would have raised the utilization rate for advanced diagnostic imaging equipment to 90%, according to the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance.
June 29, 2011
Trade bill would slash imaging reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A free trade bill under consideration in the U.S. Congress would slash Medicare reimbursement for medical imaging procedures by raising the utilization rate for advanced imaging services from 75% to 90%.
June 28, 2011
Coronary CTA finds more disease in African-Americans
By Erik L. Ridley
Owing to its ability to detect noncalcified plaque, contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography (CTA) may be a more suitable screening tool for assessing cardiovascular risk in African-Americans than coronary artery calcium scoring studies, according to a study published online June 28 in Radiology.
June 27, 2011
Health workers boost mammo screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Education and other interventions by community health workers improve screening mammography rates in the U.S., especially among women whose race and ethnicity is similar to that of the community health workers serving them, according to a study published this month in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
June 27, 2011
FluoroPharma nets $1.6M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging agent developer FluoroPharma Medical has completed $1.6 million in financing to advance its portfolio of PET imaging agents currently under development.
June 23, 2011
MinXray helps with Haiti relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable x-ray equipment developer MinXray said that it recently provided training and system support for its digital and computed radiography systems in Haiti.
June 22, 2011
MedPAC report pushes imaging preauthorization
By Kate Madden Yee
In a report delivered June 15 to the U.S. Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) urged Medicare to require clinicians who order more imaging studies than their peers to obtain prior authorization for advanced imaging.
June 14, 2011
Calif. radiologist accused of $17M insurance fraud
By Kate Madden Yee
A California radiologist and three of his employees have been accused of a workers' compensation insurance fraud scheme involving more than $17 million in overbilling for unnecessary or never-performed procedures, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed on Monday.
June 13, 2011
SIIM: Social networks offer opportunities, pitfalls for radiology
By Erik L. Ridley
WASHINGTON, DC - Despite their many advantages, online social networks also offer a number of pitfalls for radiologists, according to a presentation on Friday at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting.
June 2, 2011
The Profit Center: Part 20 -- The pitfalls of fair market valuation
By Mark F. Weiss
The fair market valuation process is often unfair, blind to value, and generally ignores the true market, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. Learn how to fight for "fair" in agreements between radiology groups and hospitals in this latest installment.
June 2, 2011
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Imaging use affected by patient age, capacity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging utilization in stroke patients is affected by age and imaging capacity, or the number of MRI and CT scanners at any given facility, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
June 1, 2011
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