ACR, SNMMI among groups that support CMS proposal to reduce E&M paperwork requirements

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The American Medical Association, American College of Radiology (ACR), Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), Society of Interventional Radiology and dozens of other healthcare groups have signed a letter to CMS in support of the agency’s “Patients Over Paperwork” initiative and calling for a reduction in paperwork requirements for evaluation and management (E&M) services.

Team at US Department of Energy laboratory develops new imaging technique

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NSLS-II scientist Hande Öztürk stands next to the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN) beamline, where her research team developed the new x-ray imaging technique. Image courtesy: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, have developed a novel x-ray imaging technique for visualizing materials too thick to be imaged by existing methods. The team wrote about its findings in a recent paper published in Optica.