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Report: Pricing, technology to blame for high U.S. healthcare costs
High prices and technology costs are what are driving skyrocketing healthcare costs in the U.S., not high utilization rates, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. One major factor is
Combined medical scans used to predict heart attack risk
Positron emission tomography (PET) technology combined with computed tomography (CT) technology could help doctors to predict a patient's risk of having a heart attack with more accuracy, according
Philips partnership aims to improve IT in cancer care
Royal Philips Electronics, better known in the U.S. as Philips, is partnering with Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a practice management and consulting firm that has helped develop and operate
Self-referrers must disclose to patients under Stark
Beginning January 1, 2011, physicians who bill for MRI, CT, or PET scans under the in-office ancillary exception to the Stark law must provide patients they self-refer to these services a list of
Money-saving imaging CDS program gets large-scale deployment
A clinical decision support pilot program in Minnesota has proved so successful at reducing utilization of expensive imaging diagnostics that it will be rolled out statewide and made available to
Medical imaging costs for cancer patients soar
The cost of medical imaging services for cancer patients on Medicare is climbing at twice the rate of increase in the overall costs of their cancer care, according to a report by Duke University
