Practice Management: Page 470

UltraSPECT sponsors ASNC tech travel awards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UltraSPECT is sponsoring the first annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) Technologist Travel Awards with six grants.
March 5, 2014
AMIC criticizes Obama's 2015 budget proposal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) said that President Obama's 2015 budget would harm patient access to advanced medical imaging technologies by requiring prior authorization through radiology benefits management firms.
March 5, 2014
CMS releases instructions for FDG-PET tumor coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released instructions regarding the processing of claims for certain FDG-PET studies for solid tumors.
March 5, 2014
Physician groups urge repeal of SGR formula
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
More than 600 organizations on March 5 joined the American Medical Association's call on Congress to pass legislation to permanently repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
March 5, 2014
'Get clinical' to tackle growing threat posed by turf battles
By Frances Rylands-Monk
VIENNA - Besides nonradiologists taking a greater share of imaging, complacency among radiologists themselves poses a significant threat to the profession, according to Dr. Georg Bongartz, from the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland. At ECR 2014, he is a speaker at today's Professional Challenges session about opportunities and threats.
March 5, 2014
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ESR's EuroSafe Imaging campaign promotes radiation protection
By Madan M. Rehani, PhD
VIENNA - The mission of EuroSafe Imaging is to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe. Europe is unique and has the potential for coordinated radiation safety actions in medical imaging, according to Madan Rehani, PhD, director of radiation protection for the European Society of Radiology (ESR).
March 5, 2014
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President's 2015 budget proposal: Political, not practical
By Kate Madden Yee
The Obama administration has released its 2015 budget plan, which largely reflects proposals that were included in the 2014 budget and will most likely not affect medical imaging -- for better or for worse, according to the American College of Radiology.
March 4, 2014
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MICI Q1: Reimbursement concerns still dominate
By Brian Casey
Concerns over reimbursement continue to weigh heavily on the minds of radiology administrators, according to the latest numbers from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI). Administrators surveyed for the index's first quarter expressed lower optimism that they would be adequately reimbursed by Medicare.
March 3, 2014
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MITA launches Imaging Forward campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has launched Imaging Forward, a campaign to highlight innovation in medical imaging technologies and the effects of these advances on patient care and healthcare delivery.
March 2, 2014
ICR offers Burj Khalifa promotion during ECR 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Organizers of the International Congress of Radiology (ICR) are offering a special promotion during next week's ECR 2014 in Vienna.
March 2, 2014
NY imaging group pays $16M to settle billing case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiology practice based in Long Island, NY, has settled charges that it submitted false Medicare claims, agreeing to pay a $15.5 million settlement.
February 26, 2014
MEDCAC meeting to review CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will convene a Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) meeting on April 30 to review the available evidence on lung cancer screening with CT.
February 26, 2014
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