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SHINE Medical Technologies To Supply Moly-99 To GE Healthcare

SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. (SHINE), a Wisconsin-based company dedicated to being the world leader in safe, clean, affordable production of medical isotopes, announced today that it has entered into a strategic long-term supply agreement with GE Healthcare, a division of the General Electric Company, for supply of molybdenum-99 (moly-99). This is the first announcement of a [...]

By |2014-04-08T15:27:12+00:00April 8th, 2014|Business, Government, Medical|Comments Off on SHINE Medical Technologies To Supply Moly-99 To GE Healthcare

Senate Expected to Pass House SGR/ICD-10/Two-Midnight Bill on Monday

The U.S. Senate on March 31 is expected to vote on and pass the House version (H.R. 4302) of legislation to put another annual patch on the Medicare SGR payment formula for physicians, delay the ICD-10 compliance date to October 2015 and further delay enforcement of the Medicare two-midnight payment policy until March 2015. Read more [...]

By |2014-03-31T14:58:07+00:00March 31st, 2014|Government|Comments Off on Senate Expected to Pass House SGR/ICD-10/Two-Midnight Bill on Monday

House Approves Temporary SGR Fix. Bill Also Delays ICD-10, Two-midnight Rule and RAC Audits.

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a temporary fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for one year in a bill that also delays ICD-10 implementation until at least October 2015 and postpones hospital compliance with the controversial "two-midnight rule"and recovery audits of medically unnecessary claims until March 2015. Read more here.

By |2014-03-28T06:57:42+00:00March 28th, 2014|Government|Comments Off on House Approves Temporary SGR Fix. Bill Also Delays ICD-10, Two-midnight Rule and RAC Audits.

New Initative To Focus On ‘Harmonizing’ CDS, Electronic Clinical Quality Measurement Standards

While lauding the Health eDecisions project for its work to set standards to support clinical decision support (CDS), a Health IT Buzz post announces a new initiative called the Clinical Quality Framework (CQF). This new project from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will focus on "harmonizing" the standards for clinical decision support and electronic clinical quality measurement. [...]

By |2014-03-21T16:53:57+00:00March 21st, 2014|Government, Regulatory|Comments Off on New Initative To Focus On ‘Harmonizing’ CDS, Electronic Clinical Quality Measurement Standards

House Passes SGR Repeal With Mandate Penalty Delay

The House of Representatives passed legislation to repeal Medicare's physician payment formula in a bill that also would delay the health reform law's individual mandate penalty, setting the measure up for failure in the Senate. Read more here.

By |2014-03-14T13:30:37+00:00March 14th, 2014|Government|Comments Off on House Passes SGR Repeal With Mandate Penalty Delay

SPECT Less Costly Than PET, CTA

For the evaluation of patients with suspected CAD, the costs of single-photo emission CT were significantly lower than that of PET or coronary CTA, according to new data from the SPARC registry.  At 2 years, patients who underwent PET had higher costs and mortality compared with SPECT, and patients who underwent coronary CTA had higher [...]

By |2014-03-14T11:10:03+00:00March 14th, 2014|Business, Healthcare, Medicine|Comments Off on SPECT Less Costly Than PET, CTA

Industry Report Shows Bleak 2013 for Med Tech Industry

Things were not looking up for the med tech industry in 2013. A report released today by EP Vantage, "MedTech 2013 In Review," showed worsening market conditions for device makers last year, with mergers and acquisitions taking the biggest hit. Read more here.

By |2014-03-11T16:43:14+00:00March 11th, 2014|Business|Comments Off on Industry Report Shows Bleak 2013 for Med Tech Industry

Obama’s FY15 Budget Allocates $77B for HHS

President Obama has unveiled his $3.9 trillion fiscal year 2015 budget proposal, which allocates $77.1 billion to support the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and $1.8 billion for health IT incentive payments. The HHS budget is about $800 million below 2014 levels while proposed allocations for health IT incentives remain the same as [...]

By |2014-03-10T11:52:29+00:00March 10th, 2014|Government|Comments Off on Obama’s FY15 Budget Allocates $77B for HHS

ESR’s EuroSafe Imaging Campaign Promotes Radiation Protection

VIENNA - The mission of EuroSafe Imaging is to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe following a holistic, inclusive approach.  Europe is unique and it has the potential for coordinated radiation safety actions in medical imaging. Read more here.

By |2014-03-07T10:38:09+00:00March 7th, 2014|Government|Comments Off on ESR’s EuroSafe Imaging Campaign Promotes Radiation Protection
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