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Accuray nets FDA nod for ClearRT imaging technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Accuray has garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its ClearRT helical kilovoltage CT imaging technology.
January 4, 2021
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Trump signs spending bill with radiology payment changes
By Brian Casey
President Donald Trump on December 27 signed a massive federal spending bill that includes a number of changes to reimbursement for radiology and radiation therapy procedures. Trump's move resolves questions about whether the bill would become law after he questioned the size of COVID-19 aid payments.
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FDA approves Bracco's ProHance for use in kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the ProHance MRI contrast agent by Bracco Diagnostics for use in MRI scans of pediatric patients.
December 22, 2020
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HAP gets new radiology contract in New Jersey
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Billing services provider Healthcare Administrative Partners (HAP) announced that it has brought in Edison Radiology Group of New Jersey as a new client.
December 22, 2020
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Trump comments throw fate of spending bill into doubt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Donald Trump late Tuesday night said he wants changes to the payment amounts for COVID-19 relief in an omnibus spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress on Monday. The legislation also includes several fixes to cuts in reimbursement for radiology and radiation oncology, raising questions about whether these changes will be enacted.
December 22, 2020
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ASTRO lauds delay of radiation therapy payment reform
By Brian Casey
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is lauding a provision included in the massive U.S. government spending bill passed December 21 that would push to January 2022 implementation of payment reform for radiation therapy procedures.
December 21, 2020
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ARTMS Tc-99m gets green light from Health Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer ARTMS of British Columbia, Canada, announced that its cyclotron-produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m) radioisotope is being shipped commercially following approval on November 26 for clinical use by Health Canada.
December 21, 2020
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Congressional spending bill eases 2021 MPFS cuts
By Kate Madden Yee
A consolidated spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress on December 21 eases the impact of proposed cuts in Medicare reimbursement that would have occurred due to changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). Radiology groups are lauding the bill's passage.
December 21, 2020
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Washington Post article highlights Atlas role in COVID-19 response
By Brian Casey
The role of neuroradiologist Dr. Scott Atlas in directing the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of a critical article published December 19 in the Washington Post. The story has prompted Atlas to publish a rebuttal defending his approach in the Wall Street Journal.
December 21, 2020
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Lawmakers seek to offset MPFS cuts with $3B injection
By Kate Madden Yee
A U.S. Congressional committee has proposed a $3 billion infusion into Medicare that would ease pay cuts demanded by the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). Radiology advocates and their allies have been lobbying for Congressional action to stave off the cuts.
December 20, 2020
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Radiologist describes getting COVID-19 vaccine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologist from Alabama who was one of the first healthcare professionals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine last week described her experience in a December 18 article in the Business Insider.
December 20, 2020
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1st COVID-19 annotated dataset is published
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The first annotated dataset of anonymized COVID-19 medical images from the RSNA International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database has been published by the Cancer Imaging Archive.
December 17, 2020
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