September 2, 2008
Comments on CMS Proposed 2009 Hospital Outpatient Payment Rule
Philips Comments on Medicare’s Proposed 2009 Physician Fee Schedule
August 28, 2008United Healthcare Extends Deadline for Accreditation as a Condition of Reimbursement to 4th Quarter 2009
July 31, 2008
Final 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital Payment Rule Released
July 14, 2008
2009 Hospital Outpatient and ASC Payment Rates Proposed by CMS
June 30, 2008
CMS Releases Proposed Rule for the 2009 Physician Fee Schedule
June 7, 2008
ACR Provides Information on Coding CAD for MRI of the Breast
May 24, 2008
Innovative Program Unites Hospitals to Reduce Critical Care Physician Shortage
May 23, 2008
CMS Opens Coverage Review for Virtual Colonoscopy
April 17, 2008
CMS Proposes Payment Increases, Policy Changes for 2009 Inpatient Services
April 16, 2008
CMS Considers Request For Full Coverage of PET for All Types of Cancer
March 13, 2008
CMS Withdraws Proposal to Significantly Reduce Coverage of Cardiac CTA
March 7, 2008
New advertisement in value-of-imaging campaign targets Congress
February 11, 2008
UnitedHealth Group extends echo lab accreditation deadline
February 5, 2008
Tennessee BCBS announces coverage for PET oncology applications
February 4, 2008Illinois BCBS announces coverage for PET applications
January 30, 2008Magellan/NIA announces program on awareness of patient radiation exposure
January 25, 2008
Private insurers announce new coverage for cardiac CTA
January 11, 2008
Philips Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposal to Reduce Cardiac CTA Coverage
December 28, 2007
CMS Delays “Anti-Markup” Proposal
December 19, 2007
Congress Passes Medicare Bill That Avoids New Imaging Cuts. But the battle over cuts will resume in early 2008.
December 17, 2007
CMS Proposes Coverage Cutback for Cardiac CTA
November, 2007
Studies Say Accuracy of CT Colonography Equivalent to Optical Colonoscopy.