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Report: Imaging costs vary widely in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Prices for medical imaging scans vary widely across the U.S., with the highest prices found in California, according to a new report published by Castlight Health.
June 15, 2014
ACR lauds AMA vote for CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is lauding a vote this week in favor of reimbursement for CT lung cancer screening by the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates.
June 11, 2014
Konica Minolta, U.S. Bank offer financing program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging and U.S. Bank Equipment Finance have announced a new financing program for Konica Minolta resellers and customers.
June 11, 2014
Experts outline road map for effective CT lung cancer screening
By Teri Yates
The radiology community was shocked on April 30 when a Medicare advisory panel issued a vote of low confidence in CT lung cancer screening. In this article, Teri Yates of Accountable Radiology Advisors describes how some advocates of screening are moving forward in the wake of this setback.
June 5, 2014
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Congressional letter urges CMS to back CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Johnny Isakson have written a letter urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare coverage for CT lung screening.
June 1, 2014
MICI Q2: Rad administrators show signs of 'guarded optimism'
By Brian Casey
After multiple quarters of bleak sentiment, radiology administrators appear to be showing signs of "guarded optimism" in their future business prospects, according to new data from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) for the second quarter of 2014.
May 27, 2014
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ACR data registry approved by CMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) said that its National Radiology Data Registry has been recognized by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry.
May 27, 2014
Study tracks ebb and flow of imaging use in private sector
By Kate Madden Yee
Use of advanced diagnostic imaging fell in 2009, but it rebounded in most modalities in the two years that followed, according to a new analysis of privately insured patients that was published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 19, 2014
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Frequent interruptions bedevil on-call radiologists
By Kate Madden Yee
On-call radiologists are constantly interrupted by phone calls and other requests, to such a degree that these interruptions could be distracting them from their primary job of interpreting images, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 14, 2014
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GE helps create Nigerian biomed program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The GE Foundation is collaborating with two organizations to bring a biomedical-equipment technician training program to Nigeria.
May 13, 2014
JAMA IM: Imaging lands high on list of low-value procedures
By Eric Barnes
A new list of 26 low-value medical procedures published in JAMA Internal Medicine includes a dozen imaging exams. The exams -- defined as procedures that cost a lot of money without yielding significant benefits -- could be costing Medicare as much as $8.5 billion a year, according to the authors.
May 12, 2014
CMS shares update on EHR incentive programs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid out more than $22.9 billion in incentive payments over the first four years of its electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs, CMS officials said on Tuesday.
May 7, 2014
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