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CMS ruling could be fatal to gamma camera PET
By Robert Bruce
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association is hosting a conference call of nuclear medicine companies today to discuss the impact of a recent U.S. government decision that allows reimbursement for only those PET studies conducted on dedicated PET scanners.
July 16, 2001
CMS deals blow to gamma camera PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. agency that administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs has ruled out reimbursement for most PET studies conducted on gamma cameras rather than dedicated PET systems. The ruling is a blow to nuclear medicine advocates, who had hoped that the agency would adopt a more liberal standard when paying for PET exams.
July 9, 2001
U.S. approves PET for re-staging breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite previous rumblings that Medicare payment for imaging breast cancer with PET cancer was a no-go, an advisory committee to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services voted Tuesday to accept recurrent breast cancer as an indication for the use of PET.
June 19, 2001
Digital telemammography trial underway at Navajo Nation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 7, 2001
Education and awareness can prevent radiology workplace injuries
By Dr. Judith K. Weinstein
Interventional radiologist Dr. Judith Weinstein shares her personal experience with musculoskeletal disorders, tracing their development and pathophysiology, and offers advice on what practitioners can do to avoid potentially devastating work-related injuries.
May 27, 2001
Contrast manufacturers await Medicare payment boost
By Robert Bruce
The contrast media industry is poised to take advantage of new Medicare payment codes that go into effect in July. The resulting higher payments will partly offset a decline seen in some contrast media prices in recent years.
April 15, 2001
Lesbians may be at greater risk for breast cancer
By Shalmali Pal
Lesbian and bisexual women are less likely to undergo routine breast cancer screening, in part because the healthcare system is geared towards heterosexual women, according to a study in the April American Journal of Public Health.
April 13, 2001
Radiology residents struggle to balance career and family
Choosing the ideal time to start a family is always a tough decision, and it can get even more complicated when a medical career is on the line. As many radiology residents and former residents are coming to discover, finding time for family requires serious planning.
April 10, 2001
Dispatch from Port-au-Prince: The state of medical practice and radiology at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti
By Douglas P. Beall
Radiologist Dr. Douglas P. Beall spent two weeks in February at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Deschapelles, Haiti, as part of a non-profit program to help hospitals develop better radiology procedures. This is the story of his visit.
April 2, 2001
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Grassroots groups address high breast cancer rate among immigrants
Healthcare advocacy organizations worldwide are looking for ways to address the disconnect between foreign-born women and their doctors on the issue of breast cancer. AuntMinnie.com spoke to representatives from some of these organizations about their outreach programs, both to women at risk and to the medical community.
March 29, 2001
Medicare to cover angioplasty of the carotid artery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medicare will pay for angioplasty of the carotid artery with stent insertion, the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) said yesterday.
March 20, 2001
U.S. senators introduce bill to raise screening mammography payments 30%
By Brian Casey
Saying they want to head off a crisis in women's access to mammograms, two U.S. senators have introduced legislation to raise the reimbursement rate Medicare pays for screening mammography. The bill would boost payments from $69 to $90, an increase of 30%.
March 18, 2001
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