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Antitrust: Achilles' heel of radiology benefits management companies?
By Kate Madden Yee
Insurance companies see radiology benefits management (RBM) companies as a solution for managing the use of imaging services. But a recent suit filed in the state of New York brings out a potentially chilling issue: If the RBM is owned by radiologists, how does that affect a local market?
July 21, 2008
CMS follows through with new physician fee schedule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a new physician fee schedule that reflects new payment rates established by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, passed by Congress earlier this week.
July 17, 2008
Congress overrides Bush Medicare veto
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on July 15 voted to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), legislation that eliminates a 10.6% cut in payments to physicians participating in the federal Medicare program.
July 15, 2008
Bush vetoes Medicare SGR bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Bush today followed through on a threat to veto legislation that would eliminate a 10.6% cut in payments to physicians participating in the federal Medicare program, according to a report by the Associated Press.
July 14, 2008
GAO report on overutilization draws industry ire
By Kate Madden Yee
Medical imaging industry groups are criticizing a new report issued this week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office that recommends preauthorization as a means for reducing Medicare spending on medical imaging, which grew nearly 50% in six years.
July 14, 2008
President threatens to veto Medicare bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Bush has said he intends to veto legislation passed by the Senate that averts Medicare physician pay cuts of 10.6%, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
July 13, 2008
Angiotech wins patent stamp of approval in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm Angiotech Pharmaceuticals of Vancouver, British Columbia, received confirmation in the U.K. of the validity of one of its patents related to its paclitaxel stent inventions.
July 9, 2008
Physician pay cuts averted as Senate passes Medicare bill
By Kate Madden Yee
After weeks of impasse, the U.S. Senate on July 9 passed a bill that postpones for 18 months a 10.6% pay cut to physicians for Medicare services. The legislation also includes provisions for the accreditation of imaging providers, a move that radiology advocates believe could help address the growing problem of imaging overutilization.
July 9, 2008
FDA says mammo center defaults on MQSA fine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that a chain of radiology centers based in Baltimore is in default on more than $1 million in fines related to violations of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).
July 7, 2008
CMS delays Medicare payments due to SGR impasse
By Kate Madden Yee
With Congress unable to pass legislation to change the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula to avert a July 1 physician pay cut, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will delay processing claims until July 15 at the earliest, according to the American College of Radiology.
June 30, 2008
California doc gets jail time for ultrasound Medicare fraud
By Kate Madden Yee
A California physician was sentenced to 30 months in prison for billing Medicare for ultrasound and other exams that weren't needed or weren't performed, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
June 30, 2008
U.S. House moves to head off SGR cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 24 passed a bill that seeks to prevent a 10.6% physician payment cut called for by Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula that is to go into effect July 1, according to the American College of Radiology.
June 24, 2008
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