Practice Management: Page 557

NIA, ACRO collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm National Imaging Associates (NIA) has signed a collaborative agreement with the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) to enhance the company's OncologyConnections program.
August 3, 2011
Debt ceiling deal: More bad news for Medicare payments?
By Kate Madden Yee
Congress' passage on August 2 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 to lift the federal debt ceiling could negatively affect Medicare reimbursement -- and, therefore, medical imaging payments -- by piling new reimbursement cuts on top of already serious Medicare reductions.
August 3, 2011
FDA requests comment on IOM report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking for public comments on last week's report from the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the agency's 510(k) process for regulating medical devices.
August 2, 2011
FDA proposes lower user fees
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to reduce medical device user fees by 7% next year, while at the same time starting a program to offer discounted rates for small medical device firms.
August 1, 2011
RSNA nets $1.5M endowment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA's Research and Education Foundation has received a $1.5 million donation from the Ralph Schlaeger Charitable Foundation.
July 31, 2011
ACR, SBI slam BMJ study on mammo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have taken issue with a study in the British Medical Journal that suggests declining breast cancer mortality rates are due more to improvements in treatment and the efficiency of healthcare systems than mammography screening.
July 31, 2011
HIMSS seeks participants for Health IT Week
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has issued an invitation for any entity involved in healthcare IT to participate in the sixth annual National Health IT Week scheduled for September 12 to 16.
July 28, 2011
IOM report hits FDA 510(k) program, offers ways to correct it
By Wayne Forrest
After 16 months of research, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a report that concludes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) program "lacks the statutory basis to make a reliable premarket screen for safety and effectiveness of class II medical devices."
July 28, 2011
Radisphere taps new CMO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere National Radiology Group has appointed Alison Shurell as chief marketing officer (CMO).
July 28, 2011
MITA lauds Senate on user fee review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Industry trade group Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a statement praising U.S. policymakers' continued attention to the issue of medical device user fee payment and thanked the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for holding a hearing on the topic on July 28.
July 27, 2011
Interactive pen displays accelerate patient registration
By Cynthia E. Keen
When a medium-sized imaging center decided to achieve a paperless clinical work environment when replacing its aging RIS, it expanded this goal to include patient interaction as well. One year later, this decision has paid off handsomely.
July 27, 2011
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SCCT announces award recipients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced the recipients of the Toshiba Young Investigator Award presented at the society's annual meeting.
July 26, 2011
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