For each of the next three days, I will be giving the "ONRAD" reaction to the oral arguments and Supreme Court Justice questions debated in the Oral Arguments phase of the healthcare reform case that is currently being heard. The schedule of this phase of...
DiagnosticImaging | A bill aimed at improving Medicare reimbursement for radiologist assistants is now wending its way through Congress. H.R. 3032, the “Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2011,” would amend the Social Security Act to recognize radiologist assistants as non-physician providers of healthcare services...
imagingBiz | Health care claims information—representing more than $1 trillion in treatment and services rendered over the past 11 years—will be submitted by four major health plans and Medicare to the newly formed Health Care Cost Institute for researcher analysis of the primary drivers of...
imagingBiz | While it remains strongly in favor of serious, properly designed proposals to eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR), the American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement is expressing strong opposition to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommendations pertaining to such a...
DiagnosticImaging | The way you receive reimbursement for your services could soon transform. There are two problems, however: no one is sure to what degree it will change, and radiologists haven’t really had a voice in the conversation. In line with the Affordable Care Act’s goal...