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Extremity MRI face-off; portable US in Nepal; opinion on CMS VC denial
By Brian Casey
June 24, 2009
Nyaya Health brings ultrasound expertise to Nepal
By Alexandra Weber Morales
In the mountains of the Achham district in rural Nepal, a five-room, four-bed medical clinic bustles on the spot where once only the wind whistled through an old grain shed. In this remote location, high-tech medical imaging technology combined with satellite telecommunications is improving the quality of healthcare to residents.
June 24, 2009
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CT colonography and Medicare: Are we the enemy?
By Dr. J. Leonard Lichtenfeld
In this editorial opinion, Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, outlines his concerns over an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine praising the decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not to cover CT colonography -- as well as his objections to the CMS decision itself.
June 23, 2009
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RBMA: Equipment use rates far lower than Obama estimates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The amount of time imaging equipment is in use in outpatient settings does not approach use rates President Obama and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommend Medicare use to calculate reimbursement for imaging, according to data recently collected by the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA).
June 18, 2009
Medtronic announces Teach for America grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has established a grant for Teach for America, the national corps of college graduates who commit to teach in high-need public schools for at least two years.
June 10, 2009
Tracking outpatient imaging reimbursement? Watch for these trends
By Kate Madden Yee
After a boom reminiscent of the California Gold Rush, the U.S. outpatient imaging market is now contracting, in response not only to oversaturation of imaging centers but also to the federal government's efforts to curb costs. At the annual Radiology Business Management Association meeting, attendees learned of five trends to watch for on the outpatient imaging reimbursement front.
June 9, 2009
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CMS to consider paying for F-18 PET bone scans
By Brian Casey
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun a regulatory process that could lead to reimbursement for PET bone scans using the fluorine-18 (F-18) sodium fluoride radiopharmaceutical. Nuclear medicine advocates believe that PET bone scans could provide an alternative to SPECT bone studies, which use the technetium-99m radiopharmaceutical that is currently in short supply.
June 4, 2009
SIIM aligns with WHIA to expand imaging worldwide
By Wayne Forrest
CHARLOTTE, NC - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) has thrown its support behind efforts by the World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) to deliver digital imaging systems to developing communities across the world.
June 4, 2009
NEJM editorial lauds CMS rejection of VC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An editorial in this week's New England Journal of Medicine praises the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) recent decision to decline reimbursement for screening virtual colonoscopy. But a VC practitioner counters that the agency ignored evidence of the procedure's effectiveness.
May 27, 2009
Avid closes on financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Avid Radiopharmaceuticals has completed the first round of $34.5 million in financing led by Alta Partners, a leading life sciences venture capital firm.
May 21, 2009
Reimbursement, molybdenum-99 shortage top SNM agenda
By Wayne Forrest
Although molecular imaging as a whole appears in fine shape, reimbursement, the global medical isotope supply, and shaping the role of the molecular imaging physician are among the issues that challenge the medical specialty today and will continue to do so in the future.
May 21, 2009
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CTC advocates urge CMS to scrap decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advocates of virtual colonoscopy (also known as CT colonography or CTC) are urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to overturn a May 12 decision to deny CTC coverage for Medicare recipients.
May 13, 2009
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