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New in this IssueEnforcement of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Brachytherapy Program Safety Standards [complete video record of testimonies] Health ReformImaging Advocates Vow To Keep Fighting Reimbursement Hit, Say AMA ‘Bought Off’ Radiologists Seek To Close Stark In-Office Imaging Loophole In Health Reform MedicareAMIC Questions CMS Utilization Rate Increase ResearchScientists discover key event in prostate cancer progression Molecule plays early role in nonsmoking lung cancer GeneralGov Web Site Offers New Feature for Information on Applying for All ARRA Federal Grants |
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Health ReformImaging Advocates Vow To Keep Fighting Reimbursement Hit, Say AMA ‘Bought Off’Disappointed that massive cuts to imaging services proposed by House Democrats mirror those in the recently released proposed fee schedule, diagnostic imaging advocates have pledged to keep pressing Congress to not make them the piggybank for physician payment relief sought by the American Medical Association... [see full article] Radiologists Seek To Close Stark In-Office Imaging Loophole In Health ReformRadiologists are hopeful a newly introduced House bill that would ban in-office self-referral of certain imaging services will make its way into health reform legislation. The bill, introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier, aims to address an oft-cited loophole in the Stark law... [see full article] MedicareAMIC Questions CMS Utilization Rate IncreaseThe Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) has released a statement of "concern" over the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) recent recommendations to President Barack Obama and Congress to reduce Medicare reimbursement rates for medical imaging and radiation therapies through an increase of 90 percent in assumed utilization rates for outpatient imaging and radiation facilities... [see full article] ResearchScientists discover key event in prostate cancer progressionA study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reveals how late-stage, hormone-independent prostate tumors gain the ability to grow without need of hormones... [see full article] Molecule plays early role in nonsmoking lung cancerThe cause of lung cancer in never-smokers is poorly understood, but a study led by investigators at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and at the National Cancer Institute has identified a molecule believed to play an early and important role in its development... [see full article] GeneralGov Web Site Offers New Feature for Information on Applying for All ARRA Federal GrantsHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled a new feature on Grants.gov to help users find and apply for The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant opportunities. Grants.gov contains information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs... [see full article] |
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