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Right Scan Right Time Newsletter: February Spotlight
New Study Shows That Imaging Use Declines
New data from the Moran Company released by the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition earlier this month shows that imaging service delivery declined in 2009 by 7.1 percent overall and that that the volume of advanced imaging services has decreased by .1 percent. » Read more
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01.12.12
AMIC Urges MedPAC to Consider Correlation between Inadequate Medicare Reimbursement for Medical Imaging and Adverse Patient Outcomes
Washington, D.C. – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) must consider the potential downstream impact on beneficiaries’ access and health outcomes when advising Congress about physician payments, the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) said today.
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01.5.12
Cancer rates in U.S. keep falling: report
Cancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8 percent per year in men and 1.6 percent per year in women between 2004 and 2008, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday. Advances in cancer screening and treatment have prevented more than a million total deaths from cancer since the early 1990s, according to the report.
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01.3.12
Cancer screenings: Early detection equals cure in many cases
Catch cancer early — that’s the point of a cancer screening. During an annual check-up we focus on early detection of cancer. There are things that you can do to monitor for early cancer development and tests your doctor should recommend you consider as well.
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