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New in this IssueMedicareCMS to consider paying for F-18 PET bone scans NRCNRC issues report on FY 2008 Abnormal Occurrences Health ReformHouse Eyes Imaging, Hospital, Home Health Cuts; SGR Fix In Health Reform Senate discusses possible imaging payment cuts Obama Likes Idea Of Giving MedPAC Supreme Role In Provider Payment Cuts House Floats Medicare Physician Payment Reform That Goes Beyond Senate’s Yearly Patch General"Virtual colonoscopy" may be an option, study shows A new study shows that HPV status can predict survival & progression of certain head/neck cancers Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends (NEXT) 2003 Upper Gastrointestinal Fluoroscopy Early detection contributes to declining U.S. cancer death rate Make a Tax deductible contribution to AAPM’s Education & Research Fund |
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MedicareCMS Updates to Coverage PagesPosted new tracking sheet for Positron Emission Tomography (NaF-18) to Identify Bone Metastasis of Cancer. Also updated Bariatric facility list... [see full article] CMS to consider paying for F-18 PET bone scansThe U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun a regulatory process that could lead to reimbursement for PET bone scans using the fluorine-18 (F-18) sodium fluoride radiopharmaceutical... [see full article] NRCNRC issues report on FY 2008 Abnormal OccurrencesDuring Fiscal Year 2008, ten events that occurred at facilities licensed or otherwise regulated by the NRC and/or Agreement States were determined to be AOs. Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-438) defines an abnormal occurrence (AO) as an unscheduled incident or event which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) determines to be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety... [see full article] Health ReformHouse Eyes Imaging, Hospital, Home Health Cuts; SGR Fix In Health ReformThe Medicare cuts and reforms planned by House Democrats to help pay for health reform legislation closely resemble provisions of the House-passed 2007 Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act that largely targeted the post-acute care industry, say Medicare stakeholders... [see full article] Senate discusses possible imaging payment cutsA set of healthcare reform funding options presented to the Senate Finance Committee has confirmed imaging provider fears about possible payment cuts. One option includes a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission proposal to recalculate the Medicare payment formula for the technical component of imaging services... [see full article] Obama Likes Idea Of Giving MedPAC Supreme Role In Provider Payment CutsPresident Barack Obama told Senate health and Finance committee chairs on Tuesday he is "open" to an idea percolating on Capitol Hill that would insulate controversial Medicare provider payment cuts from the political process by putting the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission in charge of the politically charged issue. Under the idea, the congressionally mandated commission’s recommendations on Medicare cost reductions would be adopted unless opposed by a joint resolution of Congress... [see full article] House Floats Medicare Physician Payment Reform That Goes Beyond Senate’s Yearly PatchHouse lawmakers on Monday floated a proposal to replace the controversial Medicare physician payment formula with a new approach as a means to avoid yearly congressional payment adjustments, as Senate lawmakers appeared poised to continue with the yearly legislative patch... [see full article] General"Virtual colonoscopy" may be an option, study showsSo-called virtual colonoscopies -- done using souped-up x-rays -- detect tumors and precancerous lesions almost as well as standard colonoscopies using a camera threaded through the colon, Italian researchers reported on Tuesday... [see full article] A new study shows that HPV status can predict survival & progression of certain head/neck cancersThe favorable prognosis for HPV-positive (pos) OPC requires confirmation in a clinical trial of sufficient size to account for confounding variables including smoking... [see full article] Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends (NEXT) 2003 Upper Gastrointestinal FluoroscopyThe Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray Trends (NEXT) is a national program conducted to characterize the radiation doses patients receive and to document the state of the practice of diagnostic radiology... [see full article] Early detection contributes to declining U.S. cancer death rateU.S. cancer death rates are falling steadily, driven in large part by better prevention, increased use of early detection practices and improved treatments for cancer, according to a new report from the
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