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Passage of Medicare Bill Calling for Accreditation of Facilities Applauded July 16, 2008 1:04 PM by Joyce Ward: Both the ACR and the SNM are celebrating the passage of H. R. 6331, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. Both houses of Congress garnered the necessary majorities to override a presidential veto of the act. The House overrode Read More...
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CTA Victory Also Helps Fusion Imaging March 18, 2008 3:47 PM by Joyce Ward: At first glance, the furor over reimbursement for CT angiography (CTA) may not seem to be something that concerns nuclear medicine technologists. After all, the CT experts often predict that CTA could replace some of the current myocardial perfusion scans Read More...
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PET/CT Job Concerns February 21, 2008 5:30 PM by Joyce Ward: When PET/CT first came out, it looked like a great opportunity for expanding the job base for nuclear medicine technologists. When the CT only gave attenuation and some positional information, there were fewer problems with who could run the systems. Read More...
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Everything Old is New Again February 6, 2008 2:37 PM by Joyce Ward: Yesterday, I attended the Molecular Summit in Philadelphia. Put on by The Dark Report ( http://www.darkreport.com/ ), the meeting was designed to show the need for integration of imaging and diagnostics (think radiology and laboratory), as medicine moves Read More...
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