Practice Management: Page 428

HHS releases payment data for Medicare docs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 9 released data on services and procedures provided to Medicare beneficiaries, as well as payment amounts for those services by provider.
April 8, 2014
Mary's Musings: Radiologists must rule professional evaluation
By Dr. Mary Morrison Saltz
Physician performance evaluation is moving from a nice-to-have option to a necessity, thanks to Joint Commission rules being adopted across the U.S. Dr. Mary Morrison Saltz believes this is a good time for radiologists to take control of the evaluation process -- before someone does it for them.
April 6, 2014
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ASRT donates $5K to Wash. mudslide recovery efforts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has donated $5,000 to the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross to assist with relief services.
April 2, 2014
Canada joins Choosing Wisely campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nine Canadian medical organizations have launched Choosing Wisely Canada by releasing a list of 40 tests, treatments, and procedures that patients may not need, depending on their health.
April 2, 2014
ClearPoint, Visius used for pediatric laser procedure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
IMRIS and MRI Interventions announced that a surgical team at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX, has used the companies' combined technology to perform the first pediatric laser ablation procedure.
April 2, 2014
Iraqi radiologists make progress at ECR 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The first official meeting between the Iraqi Association of Radiologists and the European Society of Radiology took place during last month's ECR 2014 in Vienna.
April 2, 2014
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President Obama signs SGR patch into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Barack Obama signed into law on April 1 a 12-month patch for the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, the White House said.
April 2, 2014
Cautious optimism as nuclear medicine residents reflect on jobs
By Wayne Forrest
For part 2 of our series on the job market for nuclear medicine residents, AuntMinnie.com spoke with residents and educators about job prospects in the discipline. While all agreed that things seem dire now, most believe that nuclear medicine residents can make themselves more marketable and should be optimistic about the future.
April 2, 2014
ACR: JAMA breast cancer article 'potentially deadly'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Recommendations taken from a new literature review published in the April issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association could be "potentially deadly" for some women, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging.
April 1, 2014
DIIG reports revenue growth for fiscal 2013
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider Diagnostic Imaging International (DIIG) saw its revenue grow smartly for 2013, as the firm cut its net loss in half.
April 1, 2014
Short-term SGR fix passes; news from AIUM; Aberle on CT lung screening
By Brian Casey
March 31, 2014
Long-term fix dead, Senate passes 1-year SGR patch
By Kate Madden Yee
With hopes dashed for a permanent fix, on March 31 the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 64 to 35, cleared legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to implement a 12-month patch to stave off cuts mandated by the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, set to go into effect April 1.
March 31, 2014
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