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New data highlight ‘massive gap’ between what Medicare, Medicaid pay for diagnostic imaging

Radiology Business

The chasm between the two public payment programs has continued to grow since 2012, the Neiman Health Policy Institute reported recently.

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Auburn installs Siemens Magnetom 7T MRI scanner

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The scanner replaces the college's previous 7T system, installed in 2012 and removed, which was an investigational-only device. The university said acquiring the new scanner was the result of a gift from Auburn engineering alumnus Thomas Walter and his wife, Jean.

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Anderson wins SNMMI's Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer award

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Welch Award in 2012; the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research in 2014; SNMMI's Paul C. She is currently director of MU's Molecular Imaging and Theranostics Center and is a past president of the SNMMI Center for Molecular Imaging Innovation and Translation.

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NIH: Occupational radiation dose to RTs needs careful monitoring

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Radiologic Technologists (USRT) cohort who responded to work history questionnaires that were administered between 2012 and 2014. Milder and colleagues assessed radiation dose to technologists assisting with fluoroscopically-guided interventional procedures using information taken from 43,823 participants in the U.S.

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Implications of Primary Specialty Status on the Future of IR Practice: Emphasis on Office-Based Laboratories

JVIR

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) awarded primary medical specialty status to interventional radiology (IR) in 2012. Further, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved IR residency program requirements in 2014.

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A Decade of IR Specialty: Introduction to this Special Issue of JVIR

JVIR

Interventional radiology (IR) was recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) as a unique primary specialty in 2012. The 3 pillars of the IR domain were established as diagnostic imaging, image-guided procedural expertise, and periprocedural patient care.

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ARRS: Dartmouth poster wins for CVD risk prediction potential using mammograms

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The research included 1,216 women (40-75 years) without known coronary artery disease who had a routine screening mammogram and cardiovascular risk factors available in the electronic medical record within one year of the index mammogram (January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012).

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