Advance for Imaging and Radiation Oncology | December 13 - Apart from the domestic economic crisis, U.S. health care has suffered through decades of steeply rising costs. National agencies are tamping down the rapid increase in the volume and cost of advanced imaging exams. The Deficit...
The Wall Street Journal | December 15 - The Justice Department said it would appeal a decision invalidating a core provision of the federal health-care overhaul, the next skirmish in a constitutional struggle likely to reach the Supreme Court before the 2012 presidential election. On Monday, a...
HealthLeadersMedia | December 14 - A senior official with the Office for Civil Rights said Tuesday that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security rule enforcer plans to release final rules regarding the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...
ModernHealthcare | December 13 - All eyes moved to the U.S. Supreme Court following a Virginia-based federal judge's decision that Congress lacks constitutional authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance. Both sides in the case and even U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in his ruling...
Diagnostic Imaging | December 13 - As new approaches to health information technology and evidence-based medicine affect payment methodologies, it’s time for radiologists to rethink their clinical practices and business strategies. Radiology will be affected not only because it reaches across the full spectrum of healthcare...