This week’s must read: lowered pediatric dose, cheapest is not best for ACOs, Medicare to pay for MRI scans for patients with MRI-safe pacemakers, Congress introduces bipartisan bill for lung cancer screening and a non-profit in Guatemala installs digital x-ray equipment. Read More
Every scan that is prescribed for a patient must be viewed in context. MITA is committed to ensuring that patients receive the safest and most effective scans when it is most appropriate for their health care. Read More
This week’s must read: screening for pancreatic cancer, value of medical images on CD, software improves lung cancer detection and new guidelines for earlier detection of alzheimer’s. Read More
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released “Strategic Priorities 2011-2015: Responding to the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century,” which outlines the Agency’s priorities for the next four years. Read More
This week’s must read: MedPAC issues recommendations with out-of-date data, industry comments on the device tax, states focus on breast tissue density education, delays in battlefield medicine and new game console allows surgeons to view and manipulate medical images during surgery. Read More
Dense breast tissue can affect the early detection of breast cancer. As a result, several states around the country have either passed or have introduced legislation to educate women about this issue. Read More
Today and tomorrow, Congress is holding hearings on the FDA’s processes to clear and approve medical devices. Read More
Yesterday, MITA gave a presentation on behalf of U.S. industry at the 15th anniversary meeting of the U.S.-China JCCT Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Subgroup in Washington, D.C. Read More
Last week, MedPAC finally admitted that growth in imaging utilization is flat, yet they still approved recommendations to further cut reimbursements to imaging procedures. Read More
This week’s must read: exciting new developments in the fight against Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, MRI goes digital, confusion over mammography guidelines and CT angiography myth busting. Read More
MITA released a report yesterday detailing the troubling impact of insurance coverage denials on patient access to medical imaging procedures. Data gathered by the Patient Advocacy Foundation (PAF) show that denials for patients seeking potentially life-saving medical imaging services have doubled in the past four years. Of even greater concern is the finding that 90 percent of the reversed denials for imaging services were actually covered by patients’ health plans. And on average, PAF’s professional case managers required 15.4 contacts per patient case to resolve the imaging issue, meaning it took on average more than 15 phone calls, letters or emails to determine why the imaging test was being denied coverage. Read More
Stay Informed
Sign up for news and information from MITA.
- Abdominal CT
- Appropriateness Criteria
- CT
- CT Dose Check
- Image Gently
- Image Wisely
- Medicare
- MRI
- X-Ray
No Comments