As the House Rules Committee met on Monday to consider a bill repealing the Affordable Care Act’s medical device tax, the Obama administration vowed to preserve the funding source to help finance health reform and offset the cost of the ACA.
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White House Threatens to Veto Repeal of Medical Device Tax
MU Has Led to Digital Divide
A study of New York providers participating in the Meaningful Use (MU) incentive program found “systematic differences” between early adopters of EHRs and those who did not use EHRs before implementation of the program.
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Lawmakers to CMS: Create an ICD-10 Contingency Plan
An ICD-10 contingency plan is needed in case the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is unable to process the new codes, members of Congress said in a letter to Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt.
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How much does IR improve low-dose CT imaging quality? It depends on the scanner
Iterative reconstruction (IR) makes it possible to reduce radiation dosage without a reduction in imaging quality in low-contrast CT examinations, but its effectiveness varies with different doses and vendors, according to study results published online May 19 in the journal Radiology.
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