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New CMS payment cuts skip imaging to focus on radiation therapy
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released proposed payment rates for 2015. The agency's all-powerful gaze skipped over medical imaging to land once again on radiation oncology, which is being targeted for additional payment cuts.
July 7, 2014
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CMS proposes x-ray, rad therapy policy changes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has included changes to some radiation therapy and x-ray services policies as part of its July 3 proposed rule for the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
July 6, 2014
MITA lauds CMS mandate on medical imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) said patients and healthcare providers will benefit from a new mandate from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on medical imaging and radiation therapy.
July 1, 2014
ASE debuts new version of AUC app
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Foundation has released version 2.0 of its mobile Echo appropriate use criteria (AUC) app.
July 1, 2014
Lancet: U.S. healthcare spending growth slows
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare spending growth in the U.S. slowed dramatically over the past decade, to the point where it was in line with medical price increases in other developed countries.
June 30, 2014
Telerad Tech viewer software gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Telerad Tech has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its RadSpa Advance Viewer MPR/MIP/3D.
June 29, 2014
ACR begins sign-up for ACR 2015
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has opened registration for ACR 2015, its first all-member meeting.
June 29, 2014
Mass. governor signs breast density bill into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a breast density reporting bill into law.
June 26, 2014
Native American, rural women have less access to breast MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
Most U.S. women have relatively easy access to mammography and breast ultrasound, but breast MRI presents a greater challenge, especially for Native American women and those in rural areas, according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
June 26, 2014
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Agfa teams with Real Time Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has inked a global agreement to incorporate software from Real Time Medical into new versions of its Impax Enterprise Productivity Suite workflow software.
June 25, 2014
NY radiology group hit with patient data breach
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New York radiology group NRAD Medical Assoc. has been informing some of its patients that their personal information may have been accessed without authorization by a radiologist formerly employed by the group.
June 25, 2014
Public Citizen takes aim at screening firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advocacy group Public Citizen is criticizing health screenings offered by HealthFair Health Screening, a company that offers mobile screening services.
June 24, 2014
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