FierceHealthcare | The Obama administration set the stage Monday for the Supreme Court to rule early next year on the constitutionality of the president’s healthcare law by declining to press for a full appeal in a lower court. The Justice Department announced it will forgo an...
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...
AuntMinnie | President Barack Obama's plan to tame the U.S. budget deficit includes $320 billion in health savings over the next 10 years -- $1.3 billion of which would come from cuts to medical imaging, according to the proposal released September 19 by the White...
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...
Imaging Center Accreditation Options Health care organizations are held to high standards, and for good reason. The general public has the right to receive the best medical care available while Medicare and other payers need to be assured that facilities are properly run and diagnosis, treatment...