This week, the Obama Administration announced new plans to combat Alzheimer’s. This includes $50 million in immediate research funding, an additional $80 million in FY 2013 and $26 million for education, public awareness and caregiver support. Read More
This month, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius announced an initial draft of the federal government’s strategic plan to combat Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
A recent study published in the Archives of Neurology found that positron emission tomography (PET) “may help identify findings in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer’s disease.” Read More
In addition to advances in colon, lung and breast cancer screenings, today’s imaging technologies have enabled the early detection of a variety of other conditions, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis, that weren’t previously possible. Read More
The nuclear medicine community and patients suffering from neurological disorders will benefit from two exciting developments that took place in January. 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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