Practice Management: Page 584

MPFS: Slashed almost 30% in 2012?
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare physician reimbursement will be cut by 29.5% in 2012 unless long-term action is taken, the agency said in a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
March 10, 2011
FDA issues warning on Calif. mammo center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding quality issues in mammograms taken at an imaging center in Huntington Park, CA.
March 10, 2011
Medical groups ask for changes to stage 2 'meaningful use'
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. government should make major changes to its draft proposal for stage 2 meaningful use requirements for healthcare IT stimulus funding, according to comments submitted by the American Medical Association, the American College of Radiology, and 38 other specialty medical organizations.
March 10, 2011
SNM to collaborate with NCCN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM has announced a collaboration with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to advance research for cancer imaging and therapies.
March 9, 2011
Merge updates revenue cycle software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has released a new version of its Merge Financials revenue cycle management software.
March 9, 2011
CT brain perfusion patients overradiated at W. Va. hospital
By Kate Madden Yee
Patients at Cabell Huntington Hospital in West Virginia have received exposure to radiation above recommended levels during CT brain perfusion scans, according to a hospital statement released March 3.
March 8, 2011
DMS named sole Philips vendor in upper Midwest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DMS Health Technologies said it has been tapped as the sole vendor in the upper Midwest for Philips Healthcare's nuclear medicine equipment service.
March 8, 2011
Digirad reports Q4, 2010 revenue
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The year-long medical isotope shortage and significant physician reimbursement reductions contributed to reduced revenue for nuclear medicine firm Digirad in fourth-quarter and year-end financial results.
March 8, 2011
Leaders in Imaging: A conversation with Dr. David C. Levin
By Kate Madden Yee
How can radiologists address the trend toward commoditization? Are there ways to mitigate the effects of teleradiology? Dr. David C. Levin tackles these questions and others on radiology outsourcing in the latest Leaders in Imaging installment.
March 8, 2011
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UnitedHealthcare clarifies breast screening coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UnitedHealthcare has issued a clarification of its breast screening and imaging coverage policies, according to an update published March 3 by the insurance giant.
March 7, 2011
Dutch study finds few medicolegal claims from mammo screening
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - While a 10-year review at a Netherlands breast cancer screening program discovered only three medicolegal cases stemming from screening mammography, it also identified opportunities for improvement, according to a study presented Monday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 6, 2011
RadNet to buy 5 centers in Md.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet said it has entered into an agreement to buy five multimodality imaging centers in Maryland from Diagnostic Health.
March 6, 2011
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