Today, 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
Following Monday’s blog on the changing face of lung cancer, NBC 4 in Washington, DC profiled Jerry Sorkin, founder of Breathe Deep DC. Read More
While the majority of people with lung cancer are lifetime smokers, 15 percent are actually diagnosed having never smoked. Read More
HR 3269, the Diagnostic Imaging Services Protection Act of 2011 was introduced yesterday to prevent imaging cuts to Medicare. Read More
CT 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
A new survey will enable CT users to compare medical radiation dose levels with those from other parts of the country. Read More
In a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers from Yale University have found that coronary artery CT is effective in detecting coronary calcium buildup. Read More
New findings from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) published in last week’s New England Journal of Medicine found that screening smokers with low-dose CT significantly reduces their risk of dying from lung cancer. Read More
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
Aunt Minnie reported in a recent article that at this year’s annual meeting of the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT), the message from medical physicist Dr. Cynthia McCollough’s speech was that medical radiation should not alter a doctors decision for a CT scan. 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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