Oncology Imaging

Medical imaging has become integral to cancer care, assessing the stage and location of cancerous tumors. By utilizing powerful imaging modalities including CT, MRI, MRA and PET/CT, oncology imaging radiologists are able to assist referring physicians in the detection and diagnosis of cancer.

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Medicare reimbursements may soon be linked to hospital performance

Medicare Part A payments for conditions like heart attacks and other illnesses may soon be linked to hospital performance on a variety of quality measures, according to a discussion draft of a bill proposed by Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.

Medicare, Medicaid underpayments cost consumers, employers $90B

Low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals and physicians have lead to significantly higher health insurance costs for consumers and employers, according to a study released by Milliman.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.

Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of nursing and reformer of hospital sanitation methods, captures the importance of why healthcare institutions should strive to become centers of excellence. Some people believe that hospitals need closer adherence to protocols and guidelines to provide a superior level of care.

Bayer pays DoJ $100M over kickback allegations in diabetes division

Bayer HealthCare has reached a $97.5 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), plus interest, to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to a number of diabetic suppliers, causing those suppliers to submit false claims to Medicare.

Medicare reimbursements for MI may soon be linked to hospital performance

Medicare Part A payments for conditions like MI and other key illnesses may soon be linked to hospital performance on a variety of quality measures, according to a discussion draft of a bill proposed by Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.

Senators look to GAO to study best practices for reducing healthcare costs

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study best practices used by states, hospitals and other countries to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality.

Healthcare IT weighed for economic stimulus package

Under discussion among Senate healthcare leaders is whether healthcare IT should be added to the programs that would be funded under the economic stimulus package now being crafted by aides to President-elect Barack Obama and congressional staff members.

Follow-up mammo most effective at one year post radiation treatment

Breast cancer patients who receive breast-conserving therapy and radiation do not need a follow-up mammogram until 12 months after radiation, according to a study published in the Nov. 15 issue of International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

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