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Imaging groups lobby against MedPAC call for more payment cuts
By Kate Madden Yee
Advocates for medical imaging are lobbying against a recommendation by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) that could add another 40% cut to payments for the technical component of imaging exams.
March 25, 2009
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Imaging and the economic crisis: Part 2 -- Recovery and reform
By Rick Dana Barlow
In part 2 of this series on imaging and today's economy, AuntMinnie.com examines the outlook for capital equipment purchasing in 2009, as well as how soon the medical imaging market will be able to dig out of its current economic doldrums.
March 23, 2009
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Imaging and the economic crisis: Part 1 -- Sudden impact
By Rick Dana Barlow
How are imaging vendors dealing with current economic conditions? In this two-part series, AuntMinnie.com tapped several manufacturers and industry observers for their insights about financial strategies and capital equipment acquisition outlook amid a severe economic downturn.
March 18, 2009
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Still River nets financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Proton radiotherapy vendor Still River Systems has completed $33 million in private financing.
March 16, 2009
Medtronic poses revision for CMS NCD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medtronic has asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to change some of the language in the agency's national coverage decision (NCD) review of the appropriateness of flow analysis and mapping in cardiac MR studies.
March 16, 2009
Stereotaxis inks alternative financing deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has signed an agreement with a leasing specialist to offer alternative financing to its hospital customers, the company said.
March 11, 2009
AMIC criticizes MedPAC report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) is taking issue with a recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommendation to change the formula that determines physician reimbursement rates for advanced imaging procedures.
February 25, 2009
MMP names new CTO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Billing and practice management services provider Medical Management Professionals (MMP) has hired Joe Degati as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
February 24, 2009
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CMS rejects case for virtual colonoscopy reimbursement
By Brian Casey
Proponents of virtual colonoscopy suffered a setback this week when the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposal rejecting federal reimbursement for VC screening for colorectal cancer.
February 11, 2009
Analogic to cut staff
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging technology developer Analogic said it will reduce its workforce by approximately 140 positions, or 9%, worldwide.
January 28, 2009
Technology Partners wins Charlotte Radiology contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology billing and RIS developer Technology Partners has won a contract with Charlotte Radiology for its Imagineradiology billing and collection practice management software.
January 26, 2009
Medical imaging hopes to cut losses in Medicare reform debate
By Lin Muschlitz
The U.S. medical imaging community is experiencing both anticipation and angst as Congress and the Obama administration prepare to tackle rising healthcare spending. Many imaging observers are concerned that the government may repeat recent history by approaching imaging reimbursement with a hatchet rather than a scalpel.
January 26, 2009
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