AuntMinnie.com | September 30 - "Meaningful use" has become the holy grail of healthcare IT - the standard that providers must achieve to receive stimulus funds. U.S. regulators recently issued final rules that define how they view meaningful use, but the guidelines raise almost as...
DiagnosticImaging.com | September 29 - Pathologies such as infections, or even tumors, crop up from time to time in patients examined for entirely unrelated issues. These "incidental findings" can put doctors - and patients - in a tight spot. How do they proceed with the...
ImagingBiz.com | September 24 - Routine breast screening with mammograms packs a less-than-expected effect on preventing cancer deaths, according to a study by Norwegian researchers that once again sparks a fierce debate over its value.
Published this past week in the New England Journal of Medicine,...
ModernHealthcare.com | September 28 – HHS has awarded $320 million in Affordable Care Act grants to strengthen the health professions workforce, the bulk of which will go toward expanding primary-care needs.
“We have to make sure there are enough primary-care providers so everyone can...
AuntMinnie.com | September 28 – The deadline is getting closer: Providers of advanced imaging services who bill for technical components must become accredited by January 1, 2012. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has designated three organizations as accrediting...
