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 | DIIR March 2010 (Full PDF Issue) |
| TOP OF THE NEWS
MedPAC considers options for slowing in-office ancillary services
REGULATORY
Commission recommends 1 percent increase for doctors in 2011
CMS chooses three groups
to accredit imaging suppliers
FDA clears Fuji digital
radiography system
FDA warns GE, Bracco
over contrast agent claims
EYE ON IMAGING
Largest imaging providers aim to capitalize on consolidation
BUSINESS/FINANCIAL
GE working to expand MRI access in underveloped regions
European PACS market to reach $848M by 2015
Bayer settles NSF case
in California
Diagnostic imaging stocks rise 2 percent in last four weeks
MARKET SCANNER
Airport scanning deemed safe by ACR
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| MedPAC Considers Options for Slowing In-Office Ancillary Services |
| In-office ancillary services are growing at a rapid pace, and the increased utilization may require narrowing the exception for such services under the physician self-referral law, as well as altering the payment system, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said at a public meeting Jan. 15.
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| RadNet, Alliance Eye More Acquisitions |
| The two largest diagnostic imaging chains are positioning themselves to take advantage of anticipated consolidation in the industry over the next few years.
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| MedPAC Recommends 1 Percent Increase for Doctors in 2011 |
| Despite a few problem areas regarding access, most Medicare beneficiaries still are able to receive office care, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which recommended Jan. 14 that physicians and other Part B providers receive a 1 percent increase in reimbursements in 2011.
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| Eye on Imaging: Largest Imaging Providers Aim to Capitalize on Consolidation |
| The diagnostic imaging industry is likely to experience extensive consolidation in the new few years, predict leaders of the two largest imaging chains in the country, who hope to capitalize on acquisition opportunities.
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| FDA Clears Fuji Digital Radiography System |
| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) approval to the Fuji Digital Radiography (FDR) AcSelerate system, making it available for sale in the United States.
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| CMS Chooses Three Groups to Accredit Imaging Suppliers |
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Jan. 22 that it has approved three organizations to accredit imaging suppliers.
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| European PACS Market to Reach $848M by 2015 |
| The European picture archiving and communication system (PACS) market is expected to grow about 5.9 percent annually through 2015, reaching $848 million by 2015, says a new report from GlobalData, a market research firm.
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| GE Working to Expand Access of MRI Systems to Underdeveloped Regions |
| GE Global Research, the technology development arm for General Electric, has been awarded a four-year, $3.27 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new magnet technology that will make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems less costly and easier to site.
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| Bayer Settles NSF Case in California |
| Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals (Wayne, N.J.) has settled a lawsuit involving a California man who allegedly contracted nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after administration of the company’s Magnevist gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent.
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| FDA Warns GE, Bracco Over Contrast Agent Claims |
| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent notices of violation to GE Healthcare and Bracco Diagnostics for marketing claims related to their Visipaque and Isovue X-ray contrast agents.
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| Diagnostic Imaging Stocks Rise 2 Percent in Last Four Weeks |
| The 10 stocks in the G-2 Reports’ Diagnostic Imaging Index rose by an unweighted average of 2 percent in the four weeks ended Jan. 22, 2010, with seven stocks rising in price and three falling.
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| Market Scanner (March 2010) |
| Amid concerns over deployments of whole-body scanners at security checkpoints in airports, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement noting that an airline passenger flying cross-country is exposed to more radiation from the flight than from screening by one of the scanners.
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