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05.18.12
Medical device tax: MITA battles “windfall” rhetoric
“Only in Washington could paying a $30 billion tax over the next 10 years be viewed as a windfall opportunity,” Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance executive director Gail Rodriguez says. Learn More
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05.17.12
Medical imaging OEMs says device tax is no “windfall”
“Only in Washington could paying a $30 billion tax over the next 10 years be viewed as a windfall opportunity, but that’s exactly the false claim being made,” Gail Rodriguez, executive director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance, said in a statement. “MITA continues to oppose the device tax precisely because we believe it creates strong headwinds against an important sector of the U.S. economy.” Learn More
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05.16.12
Radiology: Contrast-enhanced US could cut EVAR follow-up risks
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound may complement CT angiography surveillance of patients following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) and help curb the risk of kidney toxicity, according to a study published online May 15 in Radiology. Learn More
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05.11.12
Safeguarding Access to Medical Imaging for Those Who Can’t Afford to Wait
In a May 9 opinion piece in PoliticoPro, Nancy Davenport-Ennis, Founder and CEO of the National Patient Advocate Foundation and the Patient Advocate Foundation and a two-time breast cancer survivor, addresses troublesome artificial barriers to imaging services. Learn More
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04.25.12
Patient Access to Medical Imaging
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04.18.12
The ‘Overdiagnosis’ Myth
In response to the Choosing Wisely campaign, a recent essay in the New York Times argues that a trend of ‘overdiagnosis’ in several fields of medicine is harmful to patients. In reality, numerous studies confirm that medical imaging saves lives by enabling physicians and their patients to make informed treatment decisions. Learn More
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New Data Shows Decline in Medical Imaging Utilization
A new analysis of Medicare data finds that spending on medical imaging continues to decline and that Medicare patients are receiving fewer imaging procedures.
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MITA Now Includes Radiopharmaceutical Industry in Membership
With new membership MITA unites both halves of nuclear medicine.
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CT Lung Cancer Screening Named Top Five Advance in 2011
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) named CT-based lung cancer screening amongst 2011’s top five advances in its annual report on progress against cancer.
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