Practice Management: Page 595

Senate reaches 1-year deal on SGR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The leadership of the U.S. Senate has reached a tentative agreement to postpone reductions in Medicare physician payments for one year, with changes in the tax subsidy program that some consumers will use after 2014 to buy health insurance on the new exchanges.
December 7, 2010
Lantheus begins using LEU Mo-99 targets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging has begun commercial production of its TechneLite technetium-99m generators using molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced with low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets.
December 6, 2010
Toshiba offers CT, MRA classes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems is offering two new classes at its Education Center in Irvine, CA, in CT and MR angiography (MRA).
December 2, 2010
RSNA attendance up slightly this year
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Preliminary attendance numbers for the 2010 annual RSNA meeting in Chicago show a slight increase over last year's conference.
December 2, 2010
Toshiba offers new training plan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems announced it is now offering customers its Performance Pro training plan, a custom, in-depth education approach that guarantees customer satisfaction.
December 1, 2010
SuccessEHS launches Medicare claim tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Practice management and electronic health record system developer SuccessEHS of Birmingham, AL, has released its Medicare Revision Tool, which helps identify underpaid Medicare claims.
December 1, 2010
Nonradiologists power musculoskeletal ultrasound growth
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Musculoskeletal ultrasound usage nearly quadrupled between 2000 and 2008, driven primarily by increased utilization by nonradiologists, according to a study presented Thursday at the 2010 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 1, 2010
Radiologists expand proactive dose safety efforts
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Experts involved in the use of ionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes -- clearly embracing a "better safe than sorry" approach -- outlined a series of measures aimed at reducing the potential risk of imaging studies causing cancer in patients.
December 1, 2010
Jury awards $11M in CareCore antitrust case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A New York jury has awarded $11 million in damages to radiologists who filed an antitrust lawsuit against benefits management firm CareCore National of Wappingers Falls, NY.
December 1, 2010
Block, Michener Institute partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Refurbished equipment supplier Block Imaging International announced a new partnership with the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences of Toronto to promote refurbished medical imaging equipment in Canada.
November 30, 2010
Obama signs SGR extension
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed legislation that temporarily halts the 23% cut in physician payments under the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that had been scheduled to take effect on December 1.
November 30, 2010
CTA reveals African-Americans have more unstable plaque
By Charlene Laino
CHICAGO - Using CT angiography (CTA), researchers have found that African-American patients have more noncalcified plaque in their coronary arteries than Caucasian patients. The study results were reported at the RSNA annual meeting being held this week in Chicago.
November 30, 2010
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