MITA News

• MITA News
  08.29.11

  ACR Supports Joint Commision’s Radiation Risks Alert

  Industry group The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) also came out in support of The Joint Commission’s efforts.

• MITA News
  08.05.11

  IOM’s 510(k) Reform Proposals To Have Limited Impact On MDUFA Talks

  From a negotiating perspective, stakeholders are interested in the changes that will impact FDA’s performance, but uncertainties still remain in the wake of the report, said David Fisher, executive director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance. “I think the answers they provided are not within the scope of what people are talking about,” he said.

• MITA News
  08.05.11

  IOM Floats Modified De Novo Reviews To Replace Device 510(k) Pathway

  Further, companies already provide extensive data through the 510(k) pathway, including on safety and efficacy, said David Fisher, executive director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance. “Generally what the IOM seems to be saying is that 510(k) products should have extensively more clinical data,” he said.

• MITA News
  07.11.11

  CMS Looks To Deepen ‘Multiple Procedure’ Physician Imaging Payment Cuts

  “Despite being one of the slowest growing services in Medicare, medical imaging has continued to be targeted,” said Dave Fisher, executive director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance. “MITA is deeply concerned that further reimbursement reductions will restrict patients’ access to care and new technologies.”

• MITA News
  07.07.11

  MITA blasts CMS imaging cut

  The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a statement criticizing the imaging cut included in the proposed 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

• MITA News
  07.05.11

  Device Makers Identify More FDA Regulations Worth Revising

  The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) also suggested in comments that FDA should clarify or revise regulations on post-market responsibilities and guidance development policies.

• MITA News
  06.29.11

  Trade agreements swap Medicare for worker retraining

  The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance expressed “dismay” at the decision, which saw medical imaging reimbursements cut to pay for the retraining assistance.

• MITA News
  06.21.11

  FDA: Medical device industry tells agency to take a time out on user fee reauthorization

  The medical device industry is asking the FDA to take a couple more years to meet goals it says the watchdog agency has failed to meet before it agrees on reauthorizing user fees for another go-around.

• MITA News
  06.16.11

  Panel: Medicare Should Give Prior Approval for Imaging Tests

  Physicians who order lots of diagnostic imaging tests should be required to get prior approval if they want to get paid under Medicare, the panel of experts who recommend payment policies urged Congress.

• MITA News
  06.15.11

  MedPAC Says Utilization Flat, MITA Urges Congress to Reject Advisory Committee’s Recommendations on Reimbursement and Prior Authorization

  Washington, D.C. – With MedPAC confirming that the growth of advanced imaging is flat, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) called on Congress to reject today’s Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommendations to reduce reimbursements for medical imaging and other provisions that will curtail access to life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic medical imaging.