Legislation & Regulatory Updates
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08.4.09
15 Patient Advocacy Groups Write Congress Urging Continued Patient Access to Diagnostic Imaging
As patient advocates who understand how medical imaging improves health outcomes and reduces health care costs, we are deeply concerned that additional unwarranted cuts to medical imaging will hamper our fight against these deadly diseases. Medical imaging is a powerful tool…
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07.29.09
Healthcare Consumers Rally Against Proposed Imaging Payment Changes
Cancer survivors and others with chronic conditions, backed by patient advocacy groups, gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Wednesday to protest proposed imaging services reimbursement cuts they fear will reduce access to essential diagnostic imaging services, particularly in rural communities…
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07.23.09
Counterproductive Savings on Medical Imaging
The introduction of advanced medical imaging, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), into the health care arena has allowed physicians to better detect disease, diagnose patients and determine treatment…
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06.18.09
Data: Actual Imaging Use Far Below President’s Rec. 95% Utilization Rate for Medicare
The amount of time imaging equipment is in use in outpatient settings does not approach use rates President Obama and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommend Medicare utilize to calculate reimbursement for imaging, according to data recently…
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06.15.09
Twenty-two Medical Specialty Organizations Express Opposition to the use of RBMs in Medicare
Twenty-two medical specialty organizations wrote to Committee leadership today expressing opposition to the use of RBMs in Medicare.
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06.15.09
Hospital Industry Bristles at Cuts
Hospitals and other medical-industry groups are pushing back against President Barack Obama’s proposal to cut $313 billion in government health spending as the White House intensifies its effort to revamp the nation’s health system…
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06.15.09
Part 2: CMS Decision on CT Colonography
The latest in the Imaging Economics Regulatory Watch podcast series: “Part 2: CMS Decision on CT Colonography.” With special guest Dr. David Vining, Inventor of CT Colonography.
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06.13.09
Hospitals Oppose Obama’s Medicare, Medicaid Cuts
President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, but hospitals, medical technicians and others are resisting. The high-stakes struggle over medical care is heating up as Obama declares the status quo unacceptable.
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06.13.09
Proposal to Adopt a 95% Imaging Use Rate Will Impair Patients’ Access to Diagnostic Imaging Services
The Obama Administration’s proposal, announced in conjunction with the President’s weekly radio and Internet address today, directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to dramatically change the formula that determines physician reimbursement rates for advanced imaging procedures…
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05.27.09
CMS Decision on CT Colonography
The latest in the Regulatory Watch podcast series: Part1: CMS Decision on CT Colonography with Special Guest: David Vining, MD, Inventor of CT Colonography.
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