MITA thanks members of the Senate Finance Committee for removing a provision in the Trade Adjustment Assistance bill that would reduce Medicare reimbursement for imaging procedures. Read More
Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee decided to put senior citizens’ access to life-saving imaging, such as CTs and MRIs, at risk by proposing severe and arbitrary medical imaging reimbursement cuts to pay for the implementation of unrelated trade bills. Read More
On Tuesday, new findings from a three-decade long study on the effectiveness of mammography screening were published. Read More
As Congress continues to debate deficit reduction proposals, momentum is building among Members of Congress and patient advocacy groups to prevent cuts to medical imaging reimbursements. Read More
This week’s must read: imaging finds bipartisan support in the House and Senate, Texas passes law to enhance early detection of breast cancer and annual study says cancer rates are dropping in the U.S. Read More
Earlier this week Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Scott Brown (R-MA) criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read More
Yesterday, two months after our initial blog post, Governor Rick Perry signed HB 2102 into law making Texas the second state to “mandate the inclusion of breast density risk language in reports sent to women after their mammograms.” Read More
Last Friday, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released its annual report on cancer rates for the U.S. and the rest of the world. Read More
This week’s must read: doctors reject Medicare imaging cuts, ultrasound detects allergies in infants, Congress calls for reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Act, medical physicist says radiation should not alter CT scan decisions and CTC compares favorably with optical colonoscopy. Read More
A team of Brazilian researchers published a study in this month’s edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology that found doppler ultrasound “can help determine if a baby is allergic to cow’s milk.” 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
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