Economics: Page 119

Colorectal screening up for most U.S. populations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Screening for colorectal cancer improved among white, black, and Asian-Americans ages 50 and older between 2000 and 2008, according to new data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
March 24, 2011
Medipattern scores $3M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern has completed a $3 million Canadian ($3 million U.S.) financing transaction.
March 13, 2011
MPFS: Slashed almost 30% in 2012?
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare physician reimbursement will be cut by 29.5% in 2012 unless long-term action is taken, the agency said in a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
March 10, 2011
Medipattern nabs more financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern plans to raise $3 million Canadian via a convertible notes offering financed through Ingalls & Snyder and Sebago Capital.
February 28, 2011
CMS keeps MRI rules for pacemakers, ICDs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule indicating that there is not enough data to change current policy against reimbursing for the use of MRI for patients with implanted permanent pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
February 24, 2011
AAOS: Over a third of imaging costs from 'defensive medicine'
By Kate Madden Yee
Nearly 35% of all the imaging costs from 2,068 orthopedic patient encounters in Pennsylvania were ordered for "defensive imaging" purposes, according to a new study presented Wednesday at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in San Diego.
February 16, 2011
Radiation exposure linked to illness, not socioeconomic class
By James Brice
Individual medical histories affect how much ionizing radiation poor people accumulate from medical imaging more than their socioeconomic status, according to a mammoth study of poverty and medical practice performed at New York City's Montefiore Medical Center.
February 16, 2011
Zonare provides z.one unit for Guatemala mission
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has loaned one of its z.one ultrasound systems to Woodlands Church of Plover, WI, for use on medical missions to Sumpango, Guatemala.
February 9, 2011
Report confirms that imaging's torrid growth rate is slowing
By Wayne Forrest
Is the era of rapid growth in medical imaging procedure volume over? The volume of advanced imaging services delivered to Medicare beneficiaries decreased in 2009 -- the first decrease in 11 years, according to a study released Wednesday.
February 8, 2011
ProCure secures $40M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProCure Treatment Centers has completed a $40 million round of private equity financing led by Maverick Capital of Oklahoma City.
January 31, 2011
CMS to reimburse for NaF-PET scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will reimburse sites participating in the National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry for F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) PET scans, beginning February 7.
January 31, 2011
CMS solicits input on imaging data reporting program
By Kate Madden Yee
In a meeting on January 31, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) solicited input on whether to add new imaging exams to a data reporting program designed to track imaging efficiency. Radiology was there to share its opinion -- including a suggestion that CMS look closely at physician self-referral.
January 31, 2011
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