Practice Management: Page 420

Calif. woman awarded $28M in delayed MRI case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A California woman has been awarded more than $28 million by a jury that found that Kaiser Permanente doctors were negligent in delaying an MRI scan that could have detected an aggressive cancerous tumor.
March 30, 2015
ND moves to license technologists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
North Dakota has passed a measure that sets licensing standards and expands the responsibilities of the state's radiologic technologists, radiation therapists, radiologist assistants, nuclear medicine technologists, and sonographers.
March 26, 2015
Senate adjourns without passing SGR bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate adjourned on Friday for a two-week recess without passing legislation designed to permanently fix the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula governing changes to Medicare payment rates.
March 26, 2015
Focused Ultrasound Foundation wins $1M grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has received a one-year, $1 million challenge grant from an anonymous donor.
March 26, 2015
Study: Little evidence backs health info exchanges
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
While proponents of health information exchanges (HIEs) say they offer benefits such as faster, safer, less expensive, and higher-quality patient care, there's not much current evidence backing the claims, according to research published in the March issue of Health Affairs.
March 25, 2015
House passes SGR repeal bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a vote of 392 to 37, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed a bill that would repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Of the total yes votes, 212 were from Republicans and 180 were from Democrats.
March 25, 2015
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House passes SGR repeal; AGA retreats on lesion follow-up; reducing MRI overuse
By Brian Casey
March 25, 2015
AGA retreats on workup for pancreatic cysts found on imaging
By Eric Barnes
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has published new guidelines for managing asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts detected incidentally during CT or MRI scans. The guidelines retreat from previous advice to follow up these lesions more aggressively, according to an article published in Gastroenterology.
March 25, 2015
Public reporting does not reduce MRI scans for low back pain
By Wayne Forrest
Healthcare regulators looking to reduce overutilization of medical imaging through public reporting of unnecessary procedures may want to find a bigger stick. An analysis in Texas of public reporting of MRI scans for low back pain -- an often unnecessary procedure -- found the initiative to have little effect on procedure growth.
March 25, 2015
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AffordAScan changes name to ContactMyDoc
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Online radiology marketplace AffordAScan has changed its name to ContactMyDoc.
March 24, 2015
ACNM endorses end of CED for NaF-PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM) has thrown its support behind a proposal for national coverage of sodium fluoride (NaF) PET imaging in the U.S. and an end to the coverage with evidence development (CED) requirement for reimbursement.
March 24, 2015
Foundation Radiology names Vance CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Foundation Radiology Group has named Dr. Richard Vance as CEO.
March 23, 2015
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