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 | DIIR May 2010 (Full PDF Issue) |
| TOP OF THE NEWS
CMS proposes Medicare coverage of MRA
REGULATORY/LEGISLATIVE
Physician payments cut April 1 after Senate adjourns without passing delay
Stakeholders push for changes in imaging equipment to
reduce radiation exposure
Medicare will cover PET scans to detect bone metastasis
under CED only
EYE ON IMAGING
What does health reform mean for diagnostic imaging?
COMPLIANCE/LEGAL
Connecticut hospital notifies patients of records breach by
terminated radiologist
BUSINESS/FINANCIAL
Hologic settles patent disputes for $12.5M
Given Imaging acquires Sierra Scientific
Diagnostic imaging stocks climb 11 percent in last four weeks
MARKET SCANNER
Lawmakers seek changes to
‘meaningful use’ rule
Full Article |
| Physician Payments Cut April 1 After Senate Adjourns Without Passing Delay |
| The Senate March 26 adjourned for a two-week recess without taking action to avert a 21 percent cut in Medicare physician reimbursement slated for April 1.
Full Article |
| CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage of MRA |
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed that there is enough available evidence to show that magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) should be covered under the Medicare program.
Full Article |
| Major Changes Ahead Under Health Reform Law |
| For diagnostic imaging providers nationwide, the landmark health care reform legislation bill (H.R. 3590) signed into law by President Obama on March 23 will usher in more changes to their Medicare payment rates, an expansion of self-referral disclosures, and expanded coverage of testing for prevention.
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| Stakeholders Push for Changes in Imaging Equipment to Reduce Radiation Exposure |
| Manufacturers of medical imaging equipment should work with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure specific safeguards are in place to reduce unnecessary patient exposure to ionizing radiation, a group of industry and physician stakeholders said March 30.
Full Article |
| Eye on Imaging: What Does Health Reform Mean for Diagnostic Imaging? |
| The passage of comprehensive health care reform legislation in March represents one of the most strategically disruptive events for U.S. health care providers in the last half a century.
Full Article |
| Connecticut Hospital Notifies Patients of Records Breach by Terminated Radiologist |
| Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., said March 29 that it has notified nearly 1,000 of its patients that their medical records were apparently breached earlier this year by a radiologist who was formerly affiliated with the hospital.
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| Hologic Settles Patent Disputes for $12.5M |
| Hologic Inc. (Bedford, Mass.) has entered into a settlement agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. (EES), a Johnson & Johnson company, over patent disputes.
Full Article |
| Given Imaging Acquires Sierra Scientific |
| Given Imaging (Yoqneam, Israel) said April 1 that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of privately held Sierra Scientific Instruments for $35 million in cash.
Full Article |
| Medicare Will Cover PET Scans to Detect Bone Metastasis Under CED Only |
| Affirming an earlier proposed coverage decision, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that Medicare will cover positron emission tomography (PET) scans to identify bone metastasis of cancer only under Coverage With Evidence Development (CED).
Full Article |
| Diagnostic Imaging Stocks Climb 11 Percent in Last Four Weeks |
| The 10 stocks in the G-2 Reports’ Diagnostic Imaging Index rose by an unweighted average of 11 percent in the four weeks ended March 26, 2010, with nine stocks climbing and one falling.
Full Article |
| Market Scanner |
| The chairmen of the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees have joined other Senate and House lawmakers in urging that changes be made to the proposed “meaningful use” rule to better reflect congressional intent and to ensure health care providers are sufficiently encouraged to adopt electronic health records.
Full Article |
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