Practice Management: Page 490

Study: Health IT needs re-engineering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare providers need to re-engineer health information technology to achieve its potential to lower costs and improve the efficiency of treatment, according to an article from RAND published in the January issue of Health Affairs.
January 7, 2013
Study: Open malpractice claims dog physicians
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The average U.S. physician spends almost 11% of an average 40-year career with an open, unresolved malpractice claim pending against him or her, according to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs.
January 6, 2013
New technologies drive Medicare breast screening costs higher
By Cynthia E. Keen
Medicare costs for breast screening are being driven higher by new technologies such as digital mammography and computer-aided detection, which are being adopted in spite of limited data on their effectiveness, according to a study published on Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
January 6, 2013
Toshiba, AHRA announce grant recipients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems and AHRA have named the seven recipients of their fifth annual Putting Patients First grant program.
January 6, 2013
Obama signs 'fiscal cliff' legislation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Barack Obama late Wednesday signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) of 2012, legislation that resolves the "fiscal cliff" impasse but also includes significant Medicare reimbursement cuts to radiology and radiation oncology services.
January 2, 2013
RadNet buys Lenox Hill Radiology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services firm RadNet has acquired Lenox Hill Radiology, which operates a cluster of imaging centers in New York City.
January 2, 2013
ASTRO decries rad therapy cuts in 'fiscal cliff' bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a statement opposing Medicare payment cuts to cobalt-60 radiation therapy treatments in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the legislation passed this week that resolved the "fiscal cliff" emergency.
January 2, 2013
Lymph node ratio predicts RT benefit for oral cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Radiation therapy (RT) can benefit some patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, but they can suffer acute as well as long-term toxicities. The use of lymph node ratios may help identify which patients will benefit the most, according to an article published online in Radiotherapy and Oncology.
January 2, 2013
SBRT halves cost vs. IMRT for prostate cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
As members of Congress grapple over ways to reduce the U.S. budget, the publication on December 27 in the American Journal of Clinical Oncology of a complex model analyzing the costs of radiation therapy for prostate cancer seems particularly timely.
January 2, 2013
Endologix plans to defend patent suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Endologix said it has been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit related to its AFX endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) system and IntuiTrak Powerlink system.
January 1, 2013
House signs off on SGR bill with $800M in imaging cuts
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on January 1 to approve the Senate's fiscal cliff bill that averts a 27% reimbursement cut due to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. But the legislation also includes $800 million in Medicare cuts to advanced medical imaging services -- on top of additional cuts proposed in 2012.
January 1, 2013
Senate passes another SGR cut delay
By Kate Madden Yee
As part of legislation that would raise tax rates on the wealthy, the U.S. Senate voted to delay for one year the implementation of the Medicare physician payment formula, averting a 27% cut in physician payments that was scheduled to begin January 1.
December 31, 2012
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