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Most hospitals will receive an inflation update of 2.1 percent in their payment rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) under final changes to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (HOPPS) for 2010.

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January 2010 - Table of Contents

DIIR January 2010 (Full PDF Issue)

Demand for Radiologists Softens, But Salaries Up Slightly

Imaging Providers Have Much Riding on Senate Health Care Reform Debate

House Passes Medicare Physician Fee Reform

Recommendations on Mammography Get Chilly Reception

Medicare to Cover PET for Cervical Cancer

Medicare to Phase in Technical Component Cuts for Imaging

Final Outpatient Rule for 2010 Strengthens Ties with Quality

Eye on Imaging: Radiologist Salaries Increase Slightly in Difficult Year

Wide-Bore MR Systems Gaining in Popularity

CMS Delays Policy Halting Payments to Providers Who Are Not in Agency Database

RadNet Reports Increase in Procedure Volume, Revenues

Alliance Revenues Decrease in Third Quarter

Diagnostic Imaging Stocks Fall 8 Percent in Last Five Weeks

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