Practice Management: Page 467

NCoBC: Breast cancer screening requires difficult choices
By Kate Madden Yee
It can be tough to run a breast care center as controversy swirls around the effectiveness of screening mammography. No matter where a facility falls in the debate, putting together a screening program demands hard choices, according to a presentation at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCoBC) meeting in Las Vegas.
March 23, 2014
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M*Modal files for bankruptcy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
M*Modal has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court.
March 20, 2014
VA probe clears Fla. health system of whistleblower charges
By Brian Casey
An investigation into complaints about medical imaging services at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system serving northern Florida and southern Georgia has been resolved without any major irregularities discovered, and the VA has closed the case without taking any action.
March 20, 2014
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U.S. radiologists return to Haiti
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
For the third year in a row, U.S. radiologists will gather in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to provide a series of lectures and hands-on training in ultrasound.
March 19, 2014
NinePoint receives $34M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NinePoint Medical has received $34 million in financing, which it will use to bring its NvisionVLE imaging system to market.
March 19, 2014
Lantheus, Bristol-Myers Squibb settle $6.2M in NY tax claims
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging and former parent company Bristol-Myers Squibb have agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle a whistleblower case that alleged the firms knowingly evaded New York state and city taxes.
March 17, 2014
NCoBC: Technologists have role in breast density education
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast tissue density has become a much discussed element of a woman's breast cancer risk. Patients' lack of knowledge about breast density remains a concern, but radiologic technologists may be able to help, according to a talk on Monday at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCoBC) meeting in Las Vegas.
March 17, 2014
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House votes to repeal SGR formula
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 14 voted to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, but the bill's inclusion of amendments is expected to face opposition in the Senate.
March 13, 2014
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
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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
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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
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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
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