Practice Management: Page 550

Radiologist compensation drops in AMGA survey
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiologist compensation dropped in 2012 compared to 2011, according to a survey conducted by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA).
August 5, 2012
White children get more head CT scans for trauma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The odds of undergoing head CT for minor blunt head trauma were higher for white children than for Hispanic or non-Hispanic blacks, but minority kids might actually be better off due to the disparity, according to a new data analysis in the August Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
August 5, 2012
MITA names new government relations director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has named David Cooling as its director of state and federal government relations.
August 5, 2012
Lung cancer screening bill gains support in Congress
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Lung Cancer Alliance said on Friday that support continues to grow for the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act (S 752, HR 1394).
August 5, 2012
MetisMD offers radiology 2nd opinions directly to patients
By Kate Madden Yee
A new company based in Chicago, MetisMD, is bridging the radiologist-patient divide by offering second-opinion services to the public. But does providing such service actually expand opportunities for radiologists, or does it contribute to the erosion of radiology's autonomy?
August 2, 2012
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ASTRO: Medicare cuts could harm cancer care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cuts proposed to radiation oncology reimbursement by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could have devastating effects on community cancer care, according to a survey conducted by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
July 31, 2012
Kwiatkowski had been fired from Pa. hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
David Kwiatkowski, the traveling radiologic technologist accused of spreading hepatitis C at multiple hospitals, had been fired from a Pennsylvania hospital in 2008, four years before he was arrested and charged with diverting drugs from a New Hampshire hospital.
July 31, 2012
MITA offers educational kits for PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has released its Demonstrating Excellence Through Advanced Imaging Learning (DETAIL) program, which provides resources for physicians and patients to learn about PET scans.
July 30, 2012
RadNet centers to offer Amyvid PET scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services firm RadNet plans to begin offering scans throughout its network with Amyvid, the PET radiopharmaceutical from Eli Lilly for the detection of Alzheimer's disease.
July 30, 2012
DMS promotes Rayman to operations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DMS Health Technologies announced it has promoted Kristi Rayman to the position of director of operations.
July 30, 2012
Imaging use rises for terminally ill Medicare cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
A new study published online July 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that the use of advanced imaging is growing faster among patients with stage IV cancer than it is among patients with earlier stages of disease. The findings could mean that imaging is being overused in terminally ill patients.
July 29, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Leaders Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
July 29, 2012
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