Practice Management: Page 498

Admins hopeful about profit growth; Medicare, not so much
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiology administrators are optimistic that in the coming months their facilities will grow and operating and staff costs will remain constant. But they remain less confident about Medicare reimbursement for diagnostic and interventional imaging, according to fourth-quarter 2012 data from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index.
November 7, 2012
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Antidepressant rinse reduces pain for cancer patients after RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
When used as a rinse, doxepin, a tricyclic antidepressant, reduces oral mucositis pain in patients who receive radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer, according to research from the Mayo Clinic presented at the recent American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting.
November 6, 2012
Annual breast US benefits women with dense tissue
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 25 | 11:25 a.m.-11:35 a.m. | SSA01-05 | Arie Crown TheaterSince the 2009 passage of the breast density notification law in Connecticut, radiologists have a legal obligation to inform patients with mammographically dense breast tissue that they may benefit from the addition of screening breast ultrasound. But how effective is that second round of screening?
November 6, 2012
iCAD supports new IORT payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD said that it is pleased that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an improved payment policy for intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) in 2013.
November 5, 2012
Drug aids sexual function of prostate cancer patients after RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Sildenafil citrate improves overall sexual function of prostate cancer patients who received radiation therapy (RT), according to trial results presented by researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting.
November 5, 2012
Siemens introduces ImageScapes environments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has announced the availability of its ImageScapes customized thematic health environments, designed to calm and comfort patients.
November 5, 2012
MMRGlobal gets personal health record patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Personal health record provider MMRGlobal said that it has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for online health record technology.
November 5, 2012
Technologists are quick on the trigger to repeat head scans
By Eric Barnes
Wednesday, November 28 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSK16-04 | Room S403BIn a Canadian study, CT technologists rated head CT image quality lower than radiologists when artifacts were present, making them more prone to repeat scans and expose patients to additional radiation.
November 5, 2012
RTA commends CMS for revising RT payment cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Alliance (RTA) commended the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for mitigating "drastic cuts" in reimbursement for radiation oncology in its 2013 Physician Fee Schedule.
November 4, 2012
ASBD: Women need to know breast density
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) has issued a statement to help physicians notify women of their breast density status and how it affects their lifetime cancer risk.
November 4, 2012
Groups launch veterans CT lung screening drive
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Screening advocacy group Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) is teaming up with Vietnam Veterans of America and U.S. medical centers to launch a new pilot initiative for veterans at risk of lung cancer, providing information on lung cancer risk and CT screening, LCA said.
November 4, 2012
FDA issues emergency guidance for breast centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a guidance document for mammography facilities affected by natural disasters.
November 4, 2012
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