Practice Management: Page 552

RSNA reports growth in meeting registration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RSNA has reported that advance registration for professionals and guests for the 2011 edition of its annual meeting is up 7% compared to last year's conference.
October 30, 2011
AMIC seeks to buy Russian isotope firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope producer Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC) has hired Global TechInnovations to help in the acquisition of a Russian company that specializes in producing and selling radioactive isotopes for medical diagnostic and therapeutic uses.
October 27, 2011
House bill would stop MPPR imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bill that would prohibit a looming multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) to Medicare payments for the professional component of CT, MRI, and ultrasound exams received by the same patient, on the same day, in the same setting, in 2012 was introduced on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
October 27, 2011
NordicNeuroLab debuts LCD for MRI use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NordicNeuroLab said it has launched an MRI-compatible LCD display, intended for use in functional MR imaging.
October 27, 2011
Scanning in Pain: Part 1 -- A simple way to fix it
By Doug Wuebben
AuntMinnie.com presents the first in a four-part series on overcoming work-related musculoskeletal issues for sonographers by Doug Wuebben, a cardiac sonographer, along with Mark Roozen, strength coach for the Cleveland Browns, and Joel Raether, strength coach for the Colorado Mammoth.
October 27, 2011
ACR lashes back at mammo study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study published online Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine that reported screening mammography may not save as many lives as previously estimated belongs in the lay press, not a medical journal, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
October 26, 2011
Supercommittee Dems pitch $400B Medicare cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Democrats on the congressional "supercommittee" charged with reducing the U.S. budget deficit are seeking up to $3 trillion in savings, including $400 billion in Medicare cuts, according to Reuters.
October 26, 2011
Aurora reports ACR accreditations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology said that six customers have received American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation for breast MRI.
October 26, 2011
Virtual colonoscopy advocates press on for reimbursement
By Eric Barnes
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Virtual colonoscopy screening advocates were upbeat about their quest for reimbursement of the exam at this week's 2011 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy. Which is not to say that getting doctors paid to perform virtual colonoscopy has been an easy struggle, or a particularly quick one.
October 25, 2011
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SIIM regional meeting focuses on Calif. dose reporting bill
By Rebekah Moan
SAN FRANCISCO - California's new radiation dose reporting law was the focus of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's (SIIM) first regional meeting. Attendees heard from inspectors on how they plan to enforce the law, which could become a model for other states concerned about radiation overdose.
October 24, 2011
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FDA lets ACR accredit Sectra FFDM system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the American College of Radiology (ACR) authority to accredit Sectra's MicroDose L30 full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
October 24, 2011
SNM launches website for patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has launched a new patient-focused website, discoverMI.org, to provide patients with information about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
October 24, 2011
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