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Fight or Flight?

A new year is upon us, but in the radiology community, there is little to feel optimistic about this January. The fiscal-cliff negotiations came and went with no attention to the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction in the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, but the utilization-rate assumption for imaging equipment was raised to a perilous 90%.

Riverain Technologies Gets FDA OK for New Image Enhancement Software

ClearRead +Confirm, new software from Riverain Technologies that improves the clarity of conventional X-ray images, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

Health Care Employment Grows in 2012

Health care added 45,000 jobs in December, and total health care employment rose by 338,000 in 2012

Deborah Bowen Named President/CEO of ACHE

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has named Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, president and chief executive officer

Most Physicians Not Meeting Medicare (PQRS) Quality Reporting Requirements

A new study shows that fewer than one in five healthcare providers meet Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) requirements

Canon Announces Leadership Team for Canon Solutions America

Chairman & CEO and president positions for the new subsidiary will go to Cannon veteran leaders Joe Adachi (left) and Toyotsugu Kuwamura

AHRA and Toshiba Award Seven Grants to Hospitals

The recipients of the fifth annual Putting Patients First grant program won for initiativers to improve education and patient care in diagnostic imaging

ASTRO Concerned $300 Million Cut to Radiation Oncology Skips Established Rate Setting Methods

The chairman of ASTRO expressed concern that to fund a 1-year SGR fix, Congress took money from radiosurgery without considering the impact on cancer care

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

Cardiovascular Business
GE HealthCare moves PET/CT scanner production to United States

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.