Hoping to create a system for patients and their families to report safety events at healthcare facilities, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has filed a request with the Office of Management and Budget to test a prototype project.

Although physicians remain the primary owner for the majority of cardiovascular practices, the number of physician-owned practices continues to decline, while hospital ownership is on the rise, according to a survey completed by the American College of Cardiology.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing proposed policy changes for the 2013 calendar year that would cut nearly $300 million for cancer treatment.

Cancer screening guidelines influence approximately half of U.S. adults to undergo breast and prostate cancer screening, according to results of a Truven Health Analytics/NPR poll published in August.

Texas Oncology and Baylor Health Enterprises have selected Irving-Las Colinas as the home for a $105 million proton therapy facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

In a study of older adults, cardiac MR imaging was able to detect more unrecognized heart attacks and was more strongly associated with mortality than electrocardiography, according to results published in the Sept. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Overall costs of non-invasive diagnostic imaging to Medicare Part B have dropped 21 percent from 2006 to 2010, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has sent letters to Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX ) supporting passage of the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act, legislation that would block the 25 percent multiple procedure payment reduction to the professional component of advanced diagnostic imaging services.