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Radiologists should be gatekeepers, not service providers
By Kate Madden Yee
If medical imaging is as ubiquitous as water, can U.S. radiologists still expect to command the price of diamonds? No, according to Dr. Saurabh Jha, who in the New England Journal of Medicine advises radiologists to manage the decline in imaging by taking on the role of gatekeeper in restricting inappropriate utilization.
July 7, 2013
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Lilly 'disappointed' with CMS draft decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals are expressing disappointment in the July 3 draft decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that stopped short of fully endorsing PET beta-amyloid imaging for dementia or neurodegenerative disease.
July 4, 2013
CMS again withholds endorsement of PET beta-amyloid imaging
By Wayne Forrest
For the second time this year, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stopped short of fully endorsing PET beta-amyloid imaging for Medicare beneficiaries with dementia or neurodegenerative disease.
July 2, 2013
CMS proposes 1 PET Alzheimer's scan; more signs of an imaging slowdown; conviction in NY fraud scheme; imaging signs of H7N9 flu
By Brian Casey
July 2, 2013
JACR: Medicare imaging utilization shows steady decline
By Eric Barnes
Utilization rates and spending for medical imaging in the Medicare program have continued a steady downward trend that began in 2003, bucking widespread assumptions that both would continue to rise, according to a report published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 2, 2013
RLI selects residents to attend annual event
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) has awarded scholarships to 10 residents to enable them to attend its annual event held July 25 to 28.
July 1, 2013
Ex-fugitive convicted in radiology center scheme
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New York state officials have announced that an international fugitive apprehended at an airport in Puerto Rico in 2011 has been convicted on charges of setting up phony radiology companies to take part in a no-fault insurance fraud scheme in the state.
July 1, 2013
Radiation matters in CT screening; imaging and new payment models; MRI scans inspire art
By Brian Casey
June 30, 2013
MITA lauds cost-effectiveness finding for CT lung scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) said it welcomes a new analysis of the 2010 National Lung Screening Trial showing that low-dose CT is a cost-effective diagnostic tool for patients at high risk of lung cancer.
June 27, 2013
JAMA: Use of advanced radiation therapy grows
By Brian Casey
The use of advanced radiation therapy technologies grew rapidly between 2004 and 2009 for treating men with prostate cancer, particularly among those who might not be at risk of dying from the disease, according to an article published in the June 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 27, 2013
Philips, Ga. center ink 15-year healthcare deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and Georgia Regents Medical Center have entered into a 15-year agreement valued at approximately $300 million to create a new healthcare delivery model.
June 27, 2013
FDA issues warning about Puerto Rican mammo facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to patients who had mammograms at a breast imaging facility in Puerto Rico.
June 27, 2013
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