Economics: Page 131

Bederra reorganizes prior to Medicare cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The upcoming 34% reduction in Medicare reimbursement in the U.S. has prompted Houston-based medical services provider Bederra to reorganize its Lumar Imaging subsidiary and other holdings.
November 16, 2009
CMS to review RT for prostate cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled a meeting of its Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee on April 21, 2010, to consider the available evidence for radiation therapy (RT) for localized prostate cancer.
November 16, 2009
CMS paid $92 million for PQRI in 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid more than 85,000 physicians $92 million in incentive payments under the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for the entire calendar year.
November 15, 2009
Positron touts new Medicare PET rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging vendor Positron expects the shift from cardiac SPECT to cardiac PET imaging will accelerate now that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
November 11, 2009
CMS expands cervical cancer coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given final approval for coverage of one FDG-PET exam for the initial staging of patients with biopsy-proven cervical cancer.
November 10, 2009
SNM contests proposed CMS payment rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine society SNM has raised significant concerns about proposed reimbursement rules for imaging procedures, announced by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30.
November 5, 2009
CMS cuts SPECT MPI payments 36%, sets CCTA rates
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac imaging is scheduled for reimbursement cuts -- including a 36% hack at SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) -- under the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010. On the plus side, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published base rates for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and increased cardiac PET reimbursement by about 17%.
November 4, 2009
VC sidesteps Medicare payment cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy appears to have avoided deep cuts in U.S. physician reimbursement, according to an announcement on October 30.
November 1, 2009
CMS follows through on bid to boost utilization rate to 90%
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) didn't back down from its previously announced plan to increase the utilization rate for imaging equipment from 50% to 90%. It's now going to take an act of Congress -- literally -- for medical imaging to avoid what could be severe cuts in Medicare reimbursement starting January 1, 2010.
November 1, 2009
Radiation oncology celebrates as CMS backs down on 19% cut
CHICAGO - Radiation oncology is celebrating in the Windy City this week after learning that a 19% cut in Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology procedures won't happen after all. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30 announced new payment rates for 2010 that call for a far less severe cut in radiation oncology payments.
November 1, 2009
Radiation oncology celebrates as CMS backs down on 19% cut
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - Radiation oncology is celebrating in the Windy City this week after learning that a 19% cut in Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology procedures won't happen after all. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30 announced new payment rates for 2010 that call for a far less severe cut in radiation oncology payments.
November 1, 2009
Breast cancer care delayed for African-Americans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers in South Carolina found a significant increase in the time interval between first clinical abnormal breast exam and completion of diagnostic follow-up among African-American women compared to their European-American counterparts.
October 26, 2009
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