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OIG questions some meaningful use payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) has estimated that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inappropriately paid $729.4 million in incentive payments to eligible professionals who did not meet the requirements of the meaningful use IT stimulus program.
June 12, 2017
ASTRO publishes new guideline for SBRT in lung cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has released a new clinical guideline on the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in early-stage lung cancer.
June 12, 2017
Study: No 'Angelina Jolie' effect on breast screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Celebrity news does not seem to increase women's compliance with mammography screening, according to a study published online June 8 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
June 12, 2017
Concussion researcher nets $25M for CTE program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Noted concussion researcher Dr. Julian Bailes has been awarded new grant funding of up to $25 million for research on traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to an announcement on Sunday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging meeting in Denver.
June 11, 2017
ACR disputes NEJM paper on overdiagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is taking issue with a number of findings in a study on breast screening and overdiagnosis that was published June 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
June 8, 2017
Perception Lab to reprise exhibit at RSNA 2017
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Investigators who sponsored a laboratory for experiments in human perception at RSNA 2016 plan to reprise the exhibit at the upcoming RSNA show.
June 8, 2017
New survey finds radiologists are back in demand
By Brian Casey
For the first time in a decade, radiologists have landed back in the top 10 of search assignments for U.S. physicians by recruiting firm Merritt Hawkins, as employment conditions in the specialty continue to improve.
June 7, 2017
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ISCT: Who's responsible for radiology's value chain?
By Kate Madden Yee
SAN FRANCISCO - In a healthcare environment characterized by tight resources -- and, at least until recently, a shift from volume- to value-based care payment models -- who should be responsible for radiology's value chain: the department or the hospital?
June 7, 2017
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Calif. stifles trainee payment bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
California lawmakers have rejected a proposal that would have required healthcare employers to pay allied health students minimum wage during clinical training for licensure, registration, or certification.
June 7, 2017
SNMMI partners with NDSC on appropriate use criteria
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's (SNMMI) Imaging Appropriate Use Criteria are now available to referring physicians and other medical providers through the National Decision Support Company (NDSC).
June 6, 2017
Volpara partners with Mammography Educators on training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions has partnered with education provider Mammography Educators to produce mammography positioning training videos.
June 5, 2017
ISCT: Value of CT depends on who's looking
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Gauging the value of a CT scan is the single most critical reason for deciding whether to perform an exam. But when you get down to it, value depends on what you're looking for and who's looking at it, according to talks on Sunday at the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) annual meeting.
June 4, 2017
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