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Analogic forms DR finance unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging firm Analogic of Peabody, MA, has formed a new subsidiary to provide financing options for customers that wish to purchase digital imaging equipment from its Anexa subsidiary.
August 9, 2005
CMS sets final date for HIPAA TCS compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it will not process incoming non-HIPAA-compliant electronic Medicare claims submitted for payment beginning October 1 this year.
August 4, 2005
CMS to limit nuclear medicine self-referral
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to revise the list of health services for which physicians are prohibited from self-referring their patients to include diagnostic nuclear medicine and therapeutic nuclear medicine.
August 1, 2005
ACR questions proposed Medicare imaging pay cuts
By Tracie L. Thompson
The American College of Radiology is planning to "express its concerns" about a proposal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce technical component payments for multiple imaging services on contiguous body parts.
July 26, 2005
New CPT codes set for coronary CT angiography
By Tracie L. Thompson
It doesn't guarantee reimbursement, but coronary CT angiography (CCTA) will have its own specific CPT codes as of January 1, 2006. Physicians should use other codes only in limited instances, experts say, and they'll also need to make sure they're reading the noncoronary areas on the images.
July 25, 2005
CMS proposes cuts for 'add-on' imaging studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed paying a reduced rate for additional imaging procedures that are performed after an initial imaging study is done.
July 18, 2005
QSR gets $1.2 million in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS systems integrator Quick Study Radiology of St. Louis has received a $1.2 million round of financing from a group of investors.
July 11, 2005
Digirad, MarCap join in financing venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad and healthcare equipment financing firm MarCap of Chicago have signed an agreement to provide financing products for Digirad customers.
June 15, 2005
Oregon imaging centers drop injunction request
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The dispute between two imaging centers fighting to remain part of an Oregon preferred provider network took another turn this week when the centers abandoned a request to prevent the network from kicking them out, and instead asked for an expedited trial in the case.
June 15, 2005
Medicare's condition in 2005: critical
Dr. Howard Forman, associate editor of health policy for the American Journal of Roentgenology, offers an overview of the condition of Medicare and explains why he believes the program's critical state is a crucial issue of our time -- one that requires some serious deliberation.
June 14, 2005
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Michigan BCBS to assess state's medical information technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) has forged a partnership with that state to conduct a joint inventory effort of Michigan's current and planned medical information technology.
June 2, 2005
Midwest weighs incremental Medicare gain for VC
By Eric Barnes
Considering the dim prospects for quick action on a U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services national coverage decision that would cover virtual colonoscopy as a cancer screening option, the efforts of a few local carriers represent progress of a sort for virtual colonoscopy.
May 25, 2005
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