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Stroke strategy improves outcomes, cuts costs
By Leslie Farnsworth
For patients with emergent ischemic stroke symptoms, applying the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) evaluation and treatment strategy can improve outcomes and decrease costs, according to a study presented at the 2001 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
January 8, 2002
CTI to receive $22.5 million in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thermal breast imaging firm Computerized Thermal Imaging has signed private financing agreements that will provide the vendor with up to $22.5 million in additional working capital.
December 20, 2001
CMS postpones 2002 HOPPS rates pending review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is postponing its 2002 hospital outpatient prospective payment system (HOPPS) rates, pending a review by the U.S. agency.
December 18, 2001
Part-time radiologists face long-term consequences
By Tracie L. Thompson
A newly published survey confirms what most radiologists already know from experience: When it comes to ample family time and a top-tier career, you generally can’t have it all. The ramifications of going part-time linger long after a radiologist returns to full-time work, according to a study in Radiology.
December 11, 2001
PET payment cut will force efficiency, procedure volume gains
By Erik L. Ridley
Last week the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cut FDG-PET reimbursement from $2,331.18 to $1,375. The decision was disappointing, but it could have been worse, PET advocates say.
December 5, 2001
CMS locks in 41% PET reimbursement cut
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced yesterday that the ambulatory payment classification (APC) for PET in 2002 will be $1368.13.
November 29, 2001
Medicare data shows odd trend for myelography
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - By all accounts, MR spine imaging has supplanted the use of myelography by neuroradiologists. However, according to a group of researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Medicare billing for myelography almost doubled between 1993 and 1999.
November 28, 2001
Capitation caveats yield contract creativity
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - According to recent estimates by the American College of Radiology, the demand for radiological services in the U.S. will increase by 6% annually over the next five years. The needs of an aging population, new technologies and services, and the capacity constraints of capital equipment, technologists and radiologists will all contribute to the growth of radiology.
November 25, 2001
Reimbursement changes could sabotage PET growth in U.S.
After showing so much promise in the first half of 2001, a reality check hit the U.S. PET market in August when the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed drastic cuts in reimbursement. Nuclear medicine advocates are organizing resistance to the cuts, which they fear will eviscerate PET's growth by making it economically impossible to operate a PET center profitably.
November 24, 2001
Breast conserving therapy rates may depend on access
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - For doctors who treat breast cancer, a new study brings troubling, if nebulous, implications. Researchers at Duke University found that the decision to treat with mastectomy rather than breast conserving therapy may be more closely associated with referral patterns than with clinical factors.
November 5, 2001
RT updates: JRCERT extends deadline; CSRT ponders representation
By Tracie L. Thompson
Radiologic technologists have made themselves heard on several fronts in the past month, spurring action by the governing boards of two professional organizations. While JRCERT stuck to its educational requirements, CSRT mulled a new raison d'être.
October 30, 2001
Is full-field digital mammography worth its weight in gold?
By Shalmali Pal
Mammographers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have logged nearly two years worth of time with full-field digital mammography. Their experience has been positive thus far; it has also been an expensive one.
October 21, 2001
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