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ACR: CMS' 2012 imaging cuts are 'potentially dangerous'

Industry News | Thursday, November 03
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While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in response to American College of Radiology (ACR) data, and a furious reaction from the imaging community, revised the multiple procedure payment reduction for interpretation of imaging from 50 percent to 25 percent, the 25 percent cut is still "unfounded and potentially dangerous," the ACR maintained in a Nov. 3 statement. The unanticipated final rule expansion of this reduction to include multiple providers within the same group practice violates the spirit of the rulemaking process and indicates that CMS fundamentally misunderstands the practice of medicine, according to the ACR.
 

For now, Obama admin bests Va. healthcare reform challenge

Top Stories | Thursday, September 08
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit curtly handed down an opinion in the Obama administration’s favor by vacating and remanding the Commonwealth of Virginia’s challenge to the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
 

Obama Administration begins insurance exchange roll-out

Top Stories | Sunday, August 14
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Treasury have begun the next steps to establish health insurance exchanges–marketplaces where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs, similar to the kind of insurance choices as members of Congress. Among other policies, the proposed rules describe how middle-class families will gain access to tax relief to potentially reduce the cost of coverage.
 

JACC: Will hospital administrators focus on cost conflicts with employed docs?

Web Exclusives | Tuesday, May 17
The private practice of cardiology has been “under assault” since well before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) due to greater reimbursement cuts in this setting, causing a push toward hospital employment, according to a May 24 editorial in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. However, author Alexander A. Stratienko, MD, told Cardiovascular Business that the current model of integration should not have to equate to hospital employment.