AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2025

in 2024 compared with 2023, according to the newly published IMV 2025 PET Market Summary Report. The top referring physicians sending patients for PET scans are medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pulmonologists. IMV's 2025 PET Market Summary Report explores market trends in U.S.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S. Marc Kohli, MD.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has created impact tables to illustrate how the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule affects radiology-related tests and procedures. The tables cover specific changes in reimbursement rates between 2024 and 2025 for each Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has developed a detailed summary of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule released by the U.S. The overall impact of the MPFS proposed changes to radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology is expected to be a neutral 0%.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Gastrointestinal imagers should use high-quality MR enterography for complex inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cases that can't be dealt with using intestinal ultrasound, even though both tests contribute to overall assessment, said an expert leading an advanced course on imaging Crohn's disease at ECR 2025. "MR

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The new horizons of advanced imaging, especially in oncology, must increasingly consider not only diagnostic efficacy but also sustainability for patients, prize-winning researchers told ECR 2025 delegates. They received a magna cum laude award from ECR 2025 judges. Within DL3, a bone scan required 0.35 0.01 kWh/patient for DL3.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes several radiology-relevant topics, according to a detailed summary from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The CMS finalized a 2.9%

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. Although the 2025 MPFS calls for an overall 2.9% The change to the MPFS conversion factor reflects the 0% update required by statute for 2025, the expiration of the 2.9%

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Representatives from the American College of Radiology (ACR) participated in the February American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel meeting, the first meeting of three scheduled for 2025 to update codes for the 2027 CPT code cycle.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 3, 2025

Lymphosonography can detect sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in cervical and vulvar cancer patients scheduled for surgery, suggest findings presented March 30 at the 2025 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual conference.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

Transform trial's lead investigator during a connecting disciplines session at ECR 2025. Marcin Alfred Miszczyk, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist at Medical University of Vienna, remarked, "With screening, we are very efficient in turning healthy people into patients. Find AuntMinnieEurope.com 's entire coverage of ECR 2025 here.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2024

This study is an interim analysis on the use of PSMA-PET for managing patients, while the final readout of the primary endpoint -- whether the technique improves outcomes -- is planned for 2025, they noted. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Owing primarily to its noise reduction capabilities, DLR has repeatedly been shown to sharply lower radiation dose while maintaining image quality. In their review, Willemink et al noted that DLR yields improved image quality compared with FBP and HBIR, as well as the potential of between 30% and 71% lower radiation dose compared with HIR.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The college requested the following code change applications: Lower extremity vascular procedures Thoracic branch endograft services Sympathetic denervation for renal arteries Radiation oncology treatment delivery Category III codes approved at the September meeting will be posted on the AMA website on January 1, 2025, and take effect July 1, 2025.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 11, 2024

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a statement from Jeff Michalski, MD, chair of the ASTRO board of directors, in response to continued reimbursement declines in the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). 8404), introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate in May.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 3, 2024

The new award will recognize health systems, imaging centers, hospitals, clinics and other facilities in which medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists demonstrate a culture of professionalism, with the current application cycle open until September 30, ASRT said. Two awards will be given in the inaugural cycle.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 20, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/20/2023 - 20:11 July 20, 2023 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) recently elected three new officers to ASTRO’s Board of Directors, including Sameer Keole , MD, FASTRO , as President-elect; Wendy Woodward , MD, PhD, FASTRO, as Science Council Vice Chair; and Vivek S.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 13, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:02 June 13, 2023 — The Cancer Institute at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital is the first in New York State to use the HyperSight imaging solution, which employs state-of-the-art cone-beam computed tomography technology to deliver faster, sharper images during the radiation therapy treatment process.

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CurveBeam AI

MARCH 20, 2025

a fast, low-radiation, and highly detailed 3D imaging alternative to traditional methods. In a recent talk at AAOS 2025, Dr. Camillo Helito, MD, PhD, Prof highlighted groundbreaking research on using this technology to assess tibial translation, femoral tibial rotation, and post-operative knee laxity.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Scintix therapy uses signals emitted from cancer cells in response to a PET imaging tracer to direct radiation treatment, RefleXion said. Beverly Hills Cancer Center is the first such center to install the device, according to the firm.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Radiation therapy clinic software provider RaySearch Laboratories has appointed Nina Grönberg as CFO of the company, effective January 27, 2025. Grönberg most recently held the role of CFO in the healthcare company Team Olivia and was CFO at Duroc. Grönberg has also held accounting roles at Ratos and at Munters.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 11, 2025

tim.hodson Tue, 03/11/2025 - 10:49 March 10, 2025 Siemens Healthineers has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Naeotom Alpha class of photon-counting computed tomography scanners. Clinicians can evaluate small structures precisely and with fewer artifacts using lower radiation doses than conventional CT scanners.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Wed, 07/03/2024 - 09:24 July 3, 2024 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has launched the BeRAD Professionalism Award to recognize health systems, imaging centers, hospitals, clinics and other facilities in which medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists demonstrate a culture of professionalism.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

tim.hodson Fri, 02/14/2025 - 15:14 Feb.12, 12, 2025 Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, has published a case study by clinicians in the pulmonary and radiology departments at ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco (Milan, Italy) demonstrating the use of Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) to help definitively diagnose diaphragm dysfunction.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

to participate in the 2025 ASRT Student to Leadership Development Program. The three-year program offers students a chance to get to know the ASRT, attend educational sessions, and network with medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals. The list of individuals named to the 2025 program can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has published its comments on the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule. The first recommendation is to work with Congress to provide a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor in 2025 and all future years.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 14, 2025

Bi-partisan legislation introduced March 13 reasserted the Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value-Based Payment Program, proposing to exempt it from budget neutrality adjustment requirements. ROCR builds on lessons learned from the indefinitely delayed Medicare Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (RO Model).

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is opposing conversion factor cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule for 2025. rise in the Medicare Economic Index for 2025. from $33.2875 to $32.3562.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2025

In its March 21 statement, Alberta officials recognized that current wait times for diagnostic imaging services are unacceptable and said the province's 2025 budget includes provisions for the Diagnostic Imaging Enhancements Program.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 11, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Thu, 07/11/2024 - 08:52 July 11, 2024 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) issued the following statement from Jeff M. Since 2013, CMS has cut radiation oncology reimbursement through the MPFS by more than 20%, more than nearly any other medical specialty. We applaud Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Radiation doses decreased from 500 mGy.cm Read AuntMinnieEurope.com 's entire coverage of ECR 2025 on our RADCast. Throughput for CT imaging increased by 256 scans per month on average, "cutting idle time and reducing protocol variability for CT chest, abdomen, pelvis from 47 to 15 standardized protocols," the authors reported.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Radiation dosimetry performed for up to three cycles showed delivery of high tumor absorbed radiation doses relative to the dose delivered to the key normal organs, such as kidney and salivary glands. In combination with the positive radiation dosimetry results seen in Phase 1 for Lutetium ( 177 Lu) rhPSMA-10.1

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Mevion Medical Systems has won a contract to install its Mevion S250-FIT proton therapy system at a Florida radiation therapy center. BayCare healthcare system will install the system in Fall 2025 at the Fred J. Woods Radiation Therapy Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Top radiology groups -- along with 80 other medical organizations and associations from all 50 states -- have urged Congress to reverse a 2.83% cut to the 2025 conversion factor for physician payments and provide a 2% increase. In a February 10 letter , the groups asked leaders in the U.S. Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC).

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 24, 2025

The system also provides a synthetic 2D image with no additional radiation exposure to the patient, reducing the radiologists need for full-field digital mammography images. Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:35 If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague Data on file.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Part of the proposed CR calls for delaying Medicaid disproportionate hospital share pay cuts for 2025 until January 2027 and extending certain Medicare telehealth services through 2026. However, the association expressed disappointment that Congress failed to fully remedy the looming 2025 Medicare payment cut to physician practices.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2025

Imalogix is highlighting a January 30 update regarding the patient safety Excessive Radiation (ExRad) Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography in Adults electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM). ExRad eCQM was developed to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic integrity.

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