Self-referral in medical imaging is a major catalyst in fostering diagnostic imaging growth, bolstering the use of imaging by 60% and increasing associated costs by more than $3 billion, indicates a new study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would update payment policies and rates for physicians and non-physician practitioners (NPPs) for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in calendar year 2012. More than 1 million providers of vital health services to Medicare beneficiaries

Spiraling healthcare expenditures paralleled by increasing health care costs and premium rates of medical care are creating a real and urgent need for reform in the medical technology sector worldwide, indicates a new report from research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Recommendations for aligning current health IT efforts to best use scarce public and private resources in support of new care delivery models that will improve quality of care will be released later this year by the recently formed Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT. An offshoot of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Health Project,

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has revised its appropriateness criteria for the use of radiation therapy following surgical resection of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The revised guidelines appear in the July issue of Oral Oncology.

Coupled with drastic cuts to imaging services over the past five years, significant and unwarranted medical imaging cuts in the Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule Rule for 2012 formulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will drive many imaging providers from practice, restrict access to care even for procedures not specifically

CareCore National, the nation’s largest specialty benefits manager, has announced it is partnering with the United Auto Workers (UAW) Retiree Medical Benefits Trust to administer a radiology benefits management solution, on a pilot basis, for a 30,000-member subset of the latter's more than 840,000 retired UAW members, including their dependents.