Practice Management: Page 619

RadNet adds to sales, net loss grows
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 5% increase in volume helped imaging services provider RadNet grow revenue in the second quarter, while expenses added to the company's net loss.
August 9, 2010
Will new HHS guidance improve mammography screening rates?
By Kate Madden Yee
In July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidelines that require new private health plans to cover preventive services, including mammography screening for women 40 and older. Breast screening rates have taken a dip in recent months: Will the new rules boost them again?
August 9, 2010
EC addresses isotope shortage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Commission (EC) has sent to the European Parliament a series of recommendations designed to address the global medical isotope shortage and prevent unnecessary radiation exposure for CT and radiation therapy patients.
August 8, 2010
Chairmen tapped for Canadian healthcare IT orgs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canada Health Infoway has named Graham W.S. Scott as chair of its board of directors.
August 6, 2010
ABMS to develop 'meaningful use' tools
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has announced that it will incorporate tools to promote the meaningful use of health IT into its maintenance-of-certification program.
August 5, 2010
Siemens launches off-peak service program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has unveiled a new service program called Off-Peak Advantage to provide preventive maintenance and system updates and modifications outside of normal operating hours.
August 5, 2010
CARE bill introduced in U.S. Senate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (S 3737) again has been introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA).
August 5, 2010
CMS alters PET policy for treatment planning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed its reimbursement policy, which previously called for payment for only one PET scan for treatment planning in patients with solid tumors and myeloma.
August 5, 2010
SoCal hospitals say patients got too much CT radiation
By Eric Barnes
Two more hospitals in Southern California have admitted that patients undergoing perfusion CT brain scans last fall received excessive radiation doses, just as legislation that would require dose levels to be displayed on CT scanners won a vote in the state Assembly.
August 5, 2010
Emergency CT scans may delay pediatric patient transfers
By Cynthia E. Keen
Timely treatment at a pediatric trauma center can have a huge impact for seriously injured children. But a new study of transfer times of these patients to a level I pediatric trauma center found that most patients weren't transferred within the recommended time, with some delays due to the ordering of CT scans.
August 5, 2010
ASTRO publishes guidelines for accelerated whole-breast RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) on August 4 announced that it has published evidence-based guidelines for the use of hypofractionated whole-breast radiation therapy treatment.
August 4, 2010
NHD taps executive director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology equipment distributor National Healthcare Distribution (NHD) has hired Karen Emerson as executive director.
August 4, 2010
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