Practice Management: Page 431

MedPAC: Short-term drop in imaging offset by long-term growth

By Kate Madden Yee

Imaging volume per Medicare beneficiary decreased by 3.2% from 2011 to 2012, but the use of imaging services has remained much higher than it was a decade ago, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) annual report to Congress.

March 13, 2014

SGR repeal effort snagged by partisan politics

By Kate Madden Yee

The bipartisan effort to repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula is hitting political obstacles, as Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives move to pass a version of repeal legislation that includes amendments linking the fix to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

March 13, 2014

Imaging Forward: How medical imaging is transforming medicine

By Gail Rodriguez, PhD

Earlier this month, the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) launched Imaging Forward, a campaign to draw awareness to medical imaging's contributions to medicine. In this opinion article, MITA Executive Director Gail Rodriguez, PhD, describes how technology that was once unimaginable is now the standard of care.

March 13, 2014

ACR, 40 orgs call for Medicare coverage of CT lung screening

By Kate Madden Yee

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and 40 other medical organizations and healthcare providers are calling for full Medicare coverage for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.

March 12, 2014

Juweid reaches deal with Iowa medical board

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Former University of Iowa nuclear medicine physician Dr. Malik Juweid has reached an agreement with the state medical board regarding charges that he engaged in disruptive behavior.

March 12, 2014

Feds raid Long Island radiology practice

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Federal agents raided a radiology practice on Long Island, NY, in what appears to be a probe of potential Medicare fraud, according to several news reports published on March 11.

March 12, 2014

Radiology's top tweeters: Dr. Geraldine McGinty

By Brian Casey

With a Twitter following of more than 1,600, Dr. Geraldine McGinty is a social media force to be reckoned with. As part of our ongoing series on radiologists who tweet, AuntMinnie.com spoke with McGinty, who explained her belief that Twitter can get the word out about radiology's role in delivering quality healthcare.

March 12, 2014

Planning for ECR 2015 gets underway

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Next year's ECR 2015 is still 12 months away, but Dr. Bernd Hamm of Berlin is already planning how he will lead the event as its president.

March 11, 2014

Nuclear medicine patient survey finds mixed results

By Rabia Mughal

Researchers from Egypt studied patient satisfaction at a nuclear medicine department and found that while the patients were satisfied with the department's infrastructure, they didn't like wait times and how they were informed of their procedures. Changes have already been made in response to the survey.

March 11, 2014

Auf Wiedersehen, ECR 2014; population-based MRI screening; mobile device precautions

By Brian Casey

March 10, 2014

Video from ECR 2014: Dr. Maximilian Reiser on European Radiology

VIENNA - Dr. Maximilian Reiser discusses the current challenges facing European Radiology and future plans for the journal with AuntMinnieEurope.com Editor-in-Chief Philip Ward at ECR 2014.

March 10, 2014

Eurasian Radiology Initiative makes continued progress

VIENNA - The second official meeting of the Eurasian Radiology Initiative took place on Sunday at ECR 2014. The goal of the project is to establish a multinational radiological association in a geographical area with great potential to exchange experience and knowledge, but which still lacks a regional society.

March 9, 2014

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