ImagingEconomics | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently expanded Medicare coverage of MRI for beneficiaries with implanted pacemakers when used according to FDA-approved labeling in an MRI environment. A final National Coverage Determination (NCD) provides access to the MRI environment for patients...
Is the world of radiology simply going through a cycle of change or are we experience permanent changes to the world of radiology? Over the past couple of years, new models have emerged - good and bad, new technology has enabled better services across all modalities,...
Diagnostic Imaging | Hundreds of hospitals across the country needlessly exposed patients to radiation by giving patients doubled-up CT chest scans a front page article in Saturday’s New York Times found. Assessing Medicare outpatient claims for 2008 (the most recent data available), Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and...
HealthLeadersMedia | Under a proposed rule, Medicare and private sector claims data could be used to produce public reports thatevaluate the performance of physicians, other healthcare providers, and suppliers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to allow organizations that meet certain qualifications --...
Hartford Courant | A Norwalk couple was awarded $58.6 million Wednesday, a record for a single incident of medical malpractice in Connecticut, in a case involving an obstetrician accused of waiting too long to perform a cesarean section and a boy who was permanently brain-damaged. The jury at Superior...