Economics: Page 130

Tracbiz launches finance portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Traction Business Development (Tracbiz) has introduced a new suite of services for the technology financing and refinancing needs of diagnostic imaging center operators.
January 14, 2010
AuntMinnie 2001: Dispatch from Port-au-Prince: The state of medical practice and radiology at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti
By Douglas P. Beall
As part of an observance of its 10-year anniversary, AuntMinnie is taking another look at notable stories that have run on the site over the past decade. In this article from 2001, radiologist Dr. Douglas Beall describes his visit to Haiti as part of a mission to provide medical imaging services within the country.
January 13, 2010
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Hologic targets cervical cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic is expanding its Promise to Me women's health initiative.
January 11, 2010
CMS to deny claims submitted by unregistered PECOS physicians
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the time frame in which physicians can enroll in its Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS), which may negatively affect radiologists, according to the American College of Radiology.
January 5, 2010
Calif. bill would restore low-income screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
California state senator Jenny Oropeza has introduced a bill that aims to reverse recent cuts to that state's low income breast cancer screening program.
January 5, 2010
ACC sues HHS over Medicare cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) filed suit on Monday against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), alleging that severe cuts in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will render the practice of cardiology "nonviable and unsustainable."
December 28, 2009
IBA scores financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has received financing from the European Investment Bank for 50 million euros ($72.5 million U.S.).
December 17, 2009
ACR to CMS: 2010 Physician Fee Schedule badly flawed
By Kate Madden Yee
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released a critique of the proposed physician payment changes for 2010 issued in October by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Reston, VA, society found the agency's proposals to be "badly flawed" and "based on incomplete data."
December 16, 2009
Siemens offers IT financing options
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has rolled out new financing options to help healthcare providers implement healthcare IT projects.
December 15, 2009
Study eyes breast screening of minority women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Substantial percentages of minority women younger than 40 are getting screening mammograms, according to a new study presented this month at the American Association for Cancer Research conference.
December 8, 2009
CMS considers F-18 NaF PET coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun taking feedback on a proposal to cover F-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) PET imaging studies to identify bone metastasis of cancer under certain conditions.
December 7, 2009
WHITIA targets lung disease with remote x-ray unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The nonprofit World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance (WHITIA) hopes soon to deploy a remotely operated x-ray device for tuberculosis and black lung disease screening in underdeveloped countries.
November 26, 2009
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