Practice Management: Page 604

GE inks consulting deal with West Physics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed an exclusive agreement with West Physics Consulting of Atlanta to provide accreditation support services for GE's MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, and PET customers seeking accreditation from the American College of Radiology.
November 3, 2010
CMS proposes decrease in HOPD fees
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed that Medicare beneficiaries see a decrease in out-of-pocket costs for services from hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) in calendar year 2011.
November 3, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Leaders Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
November 3, 2010
Access trumps sophistication in bid to bring CT to Africa
By Eric Barnes
A new program called CT for Africa aims to address global disparities in access to healthcare by making advanced imaging technology such as CT available in developing countries. The firm that launched the program, GE Healthcare, is delivering low-cost CT units to areas that previously only had access to radiography.
November 3, 2010
Sage lands Intergy order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sage Software Healthcare has taken an order for its Sage Intergy system from 21st Century Oncology in Fort Myers, FL.
November 2, 2010
IBA Molecular acquires PETLinQ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer IBA Molecular has acquired PETLinQ, an education and software company serving the hospital, outpatient radiology, PET, and nuclear medicine markets.
November 2, 2010
CMS issues final rule on preventive services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period that would implement key provisions in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to expand preventive services for Medicare beneficiaries, improve payments for primary care services, and promote access to healthcare services in rural areas.
November 2, 2010
Studies find mixed results for RT and breast implants
By Cynthia E. Keen
SAN DIEGO - Breast cancer patients who need radiation therapy (RT) following a mastectomy can have reconstructive surgery immediately without concern that their breast implants will compromise the radiation they receive, according to a presentation at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology conference.
November 2, 2010
Philips, ISRRT target dose reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) are launching a radiation dose exposure awareness initiative.
November 1, 2010
New RT technologies impressive, but require honest assessment
By Cynthia E. Keen
SAN DIEGO - Innovations in radiation therapy (RT) are coming at such a fast pace that some state-of-the-art treatments as of a few years ago have already become obsolete. Nowhere is the rapid pace of change more evident than at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting.
October 31, 2010
New cardiac CT guidelines expand use for low-risk patients
By Eric Barnes
New guidelines published on the appropriate use of coronary CT angiography generally recommend broader use in low- and intermediate-risk patients, while discouraging use in high-risk patients or for multiple coronary calcium exams.
October 31, 2010
Community facilities follow breast MRI rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An overwhelming majority of facilities in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) performing breast MRI in the U.S. are compliant with technical guidelines for use of the modality, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
October 31, 2010
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