HealthLeadersMedia | The federal government issued $47.9 billion in improper payments to Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage in fiscal 2010, and Thursday officials from the Office of Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Government Accounting Office went before a House...
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...
Healthleadersmedia | The burgeoning mobile medical applications business got a look on Tuesday at how the government plans to regulate some of the industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft guidelines signal that of the thousands of mobile medical apps available today, it will seek...
imagingBiz | A bipartisan group of senators, among them John Kerry (D-MA), Herb Kohl (D-WI). and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), yesterday sent a letter to the Obama Administration protesting the inclusion of any diagnostic imaging cuts in legislation to raise the debt ceiling. The American College...
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,...