Benefits of CT Angiography
11.16.11 Dave FisherComputed tomography (CT) angiography is an advanced medical imaging innovation that has provided enormous benefits to patients with heart disease. Read More
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Imaging Vital to Patient Care
11.08.11 Dave FisherToday, an Associated Press article, published in The Washington Post and USA Today, undercuts the tremendous value of medical imaging and its impact on the early detection and treatment of cancer. Read More
Setting the Record Straight
11.02.11 Dave FisherLast week, The New York Times and The Atlantic published misleading articles that omitted central facts about the effectiveness and use of medical imaging. Read More
Stop Cutting Imaging!
09.22.11 Dave FisherPresident Obama’s plan to reduce the deficit contains $320 billion in healthcare savings over 10 years including payment cuts to medical imaging. Read More
Protecting Patients From Unnecessary Medical Radiation
08.26.11 Dave FisherThis week, the U.S. Joint Commission issued an alert for hospitals to find ways to reduce patients’ exposure to repeated radiation doses. Commission president Dr. Mark Chassin remarked that while scans “should be used with caution,” he also noted that medical imaging is necessary. Read More
Studies Continue To Find Major Value In CT
08.18.11 Dave FisherCT scans play an increasingly vital role in patient care today, enabling physicians to quickly and accurately diagnose conditions like appendicitis and determine whether surgery or other interventions are necessary. Read More
Senate Pulls Imaging Cuts From Trade Bill
06.30.11 Dave FisherMITA 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
MedPAC Recommendations Reduce Access to Imaging
06.16.11 Dave FisherWith MedPAC confirming that the growth of advanced imaging is flat, MITA called on Congress to reject 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. Read More
Medical Imaging Misperceptions
04.27.11 Lindsay MorrisEvery 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
The Next Step in Appropriate Imaging for Patients
02.03.11 Lindsay MorrisMITA appropriateness criteria proposals take the next step. Late yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the five participants that they have selected for the Medicare Imaging Demonstration (MID). Read More
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Patient Access to Medical Imaging
04.25.12 | Gail RodriguezMITA 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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The ‘Overdiagnosis’ Myth
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Appropriateness Criteria: the Right Scan at the Right Time
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