News Archive

November 3, 2009

CMS Announces Final Rates, Rules for 2010 Outpatient and Physician Services

 

September 30, 2009

CMS Issues Instruction Manual Changes on PET for Oncology 

 

September 30, 2009

CMS Changes MRI Coverage  

 

September 30, 2009

Attention Physician Practices, Imaging Centers: Tell Congress to Stop Additional Imaging Cuts 

 

September 1, 2009

Philips Comments on 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 

 

September 1, 2009

Philips Comments on 2010 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System 

 

July 29, 2009

Experts Tell Philips Webinar Audience that Global Payment Systems are Coming

 

July 1, 2009

CMS Releases Proposed 2010 Physician Fee Schedule Rule

 

May 5, 2009

Philips Webinar on Health Reform Draws Nationwide Audience


April 16, 2009

President Obama Establishes White House Office of Health Reform 


April 3, 2009

CMS expands PET Medicare coverage for cancer patients


February 17, 2009

"Medical Home" Webinar Draws Nationwide Audience 

 

January 6, 2009

 CMS Proposes Broader Coverage of PET Scans as Cancer Diagnostic Tools

 

December 22, 2008

Medicare Physician Payment Rates for Echo Procedures Too Low, Says Philips

 

December 5, 2008

Senators Ask GAO to Monitor CMS Choice of Imaging Accrediting Organizations 

 

November 10, 2008

Members of Congress Urge National Medicare Coverage of CT Colonoscopy 

 

November 6, 2008

CMS Announces ’09 Payment Rates for Physicians and Outpatient Departments 

 

October 14, 2008

Philips Webinar on Provisions of MIPPA Law Draws Nationwide Customer Audience 

 

October 14, 2008
Webinar to Focus on New Medicare Law’s Accreditation and Appropriateness Requirements 

 

July 16, 2008

Medicare Announces Changes to Physician Payments 

 

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 23, 2008

Webinar Focuses on Value-Based Purchasing and The Hospital’s Bottom Line 

 

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

United Health Group extends echo lab accreditation deadline

 

February 5, 2008

 Tennessee BCBS announces coverage for PET oncology applications

 

February 4, 2008
 Illinois BCBS announces coverage for PET applications

 

January 30, 2008
Magellan/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.

 

August 1, 2007

Final 2008 Hospital Inpatient Rule 

Medicare Announces 2008 Hospital Inpatient Rates in Final Hospital Inpatient Rule

 

November 21, 2007

Medicare Report on Hospital Value-Based Purchasing 

CMS Outlines Value-Based Purchasing Plan

 


 

 

 

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