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Zotec wins South Carolina contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners of Indianapolis has earned a billing services contract with a South Carolina radiology group, the company reported.
April 16, 2008
Radiologist pays $7 million to settle federal fraud claims
By Brian Casey
A Florida radiologist has paid the U.S. government $7 million to settle allegations of healthcare fraud. The U.S. had charged the radiologist with defrauding federal healthcare programs by billing for CT scans that were never performed, paying other physicians for patient referrals, and ordering imaging exams that were medically unnecessary.
April 13, 2008
CMS and physician self-referral: More bark than bite?
By Wayne Forrest
WASHINGTON, DC - Is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) more talk than substance on the issue of physicians making money from self-referrals and related imaging interpretation services? Attorney Thomas Greeson offered his perspectives on the CMS during a presentation on the opening day of the American Roentgen Ray Society annual meeting.
April 13, 2008
NOPR asks CMS to expand FDG-PET coverage
By Wayne Forrest
The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) has formally asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand reimbursement for the use of FDG-PET in oncology applications. The request asks CMS to expand FDG-PET coverage for the diagnosis, staging, and restaging of all oncology applications not currently covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
April 10, 2008
Guardian completes financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology informatics firm Guardian Technologies International of Herndon, VA, has entered into definitive agreements with nine investors for $7 million in financing.
April 8, 2008
Reimbursement crunch throttles breast MRI CAD users
By Cynthia E. Keen
Imaging facilities using breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) software say that insurance payors are declining to reimburse for the technology. The payment crunch could put the brakes on the growing use of breast MRI, and may make it more difficult for breast centers to meet rising demand.
April 7, 2008
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New CMS rules alter practices in independent imaging centers
By Kate Madden Yee
Every year, administrators of independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs) scan the newly published Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for changes that affect their practices. But even with the rule in plain view, figuring out if there are any changes to existing protocol can be challenging. W. Kenneth Davis Jr. of the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman gave an overview of the changes for 2008.
April 7, 2008
CMS declines PET coverage for infection, inflammation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has declined to extend Medicare coverage for the use of PET for several infection and inflammation indications.
March 19, 2008
CMS anti-markup rule sparks more questions than answers
By Kate Madden Yee
Last November, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2008. It included an anti-markup provision that effectively takes the profit out of the professional component. The rule is delayed until 2009, but many questions remain over how to respond to this new guidance.
March 16, 2008
M*Modal partners with MDnetwork
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
M*Modal of Pittsburgh and MDnetwork of Cody, WY, are teaming to integrate their technologies.
March 13, 2008
CMS backs down on CCTA cuts; RT planning and incidental findings
By Brian Casey
March 12, 2008
CMS makes no change to coronary CTA payments
By Brian Casey
In a victory for advocates of coronary CT angiography (CTA), the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today decided to make no change to the way it reimburses for coronary CTA exams. With the decision, CT advocates have dodged a bullet that many feared could have killed the promising new field of cardiac imaging with CT.
March 11, 2008
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