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CMS rejects broader payments for NaF-PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rejected a proposal to loosen the restrictions on reimbursement for sodium fluoride (NaF) PET for detecting cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
September 16, 2015
Do Medicare quality measures miss the mark in radiology?
By Kate Madden Yee
Tracking physician performance in an effort to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes is here to stay. But do Medicare quality measures accurately track radiologist performance? Maybe not, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
September 16, 2015
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RedRick publishes reading room planner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS furniture provider RedRick Technologies has released its first planning guide focused on optimizing medical imaging reading environments.
September 10, 2015
Merge, Rad-Aid to collaborate on global IT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merge Healthcare and Rad-Aid International have announced a new collaboration to bring radiology and health IT to medically underserved parts of the world.
September 9, 2015
JAMA opinion: Unethical to pay women for mammograms
By Kate Madden Yee
The practice of paying women to undergo mammography is unethical, according to an opinion piece published in the September 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 9, 2015
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Breast cancer on rise in low-income countries
By Kate Madden Yee
Low- and middle-income countries are seeing a rise in breast cancer incidence and death rates, despite the fact that death rates have decreased in higher-income countries, where incidence rates have increased or stabilized, according to a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.
September 9, 2015
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Job market picks up -- but will you use that fellowship?
By Kate Madden Yee
The job market for radiologists in 2015 seems to be improving, according to the fourth annual workforce survey by the Commission on Human Resources at the American College of Radiology, published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. But those jobs won't necessarily utilize one's fellowship skills.
August 26, 2015
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ASE chooses Mindray for Vietnam humanitarian mission
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International was selected for the American Society of Echocardiography Education and Research Foundation's humanitarian mission in Hanoi, Vietnam, held August 17-22.
August 24, 2015
Ill. adds breast tomo to insurance coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography, will be covered by insurance in Illinois next year.
August 23, 2015
CMS turns attention to billing for off-campus services
By Jeff Majchrzak
Hospitals are expanding their control of off-campus medical services, and the growing trend has drawn the attention of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency is implementing new billing requirements to collect data on these activities, according to Jeff Majchrzak of Panacea Healthcare Solutions.
August 23, 2015
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Radiology takes aim at MedPAC data on imaging growth
By Kate Madden Yee
Advocates for radiology are criticizing new data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) that show growth in medical imaging from 2000 to 2012. In fact, the data indicate that imaging utilization has been declining since 2009.
August 19, 2015
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Johns Hopkins warns of hospital consolidation danger
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are sounding a warning about the dangers of hospital consolidation in a commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
August 18, 2015
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