Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

1, 2024 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced a significant adjustment to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). However, under the previous reimbursement system, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals were bundled as “supplies,” limiting access in several ways.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

AuntMinnie.com · Minnies 2024 - Most Effective Radiologic Sciences Educator Runner-up: Colleen Dempsey, EdD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager Minnies 2024 Winner: Dmitry Beyder, CNMT, Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University, St. Louis, MO Dmitry Beyder. from Ukraine.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 15, 2024

decrease in hospital-based studies and a 2.5% decrease in total procedures each year, with hospital-based procedures declining by 5.5% and non-hospital procedures increasing by 1.2%. million were performed in hospital sites and 4.1 Total nuclear medicine patient study volumes decreased by 5.7% Of these, 5.8

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 11, 2024

TORONTO – The radiopharmaceutical Pluvicto improves progression-free survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer who haven’t undergone taxane therapy, according to research presented at the SNMMI meeting. Oliver Sartor, MD The study, which was awarded SNMMI’s Abstract of the Year award, shared data from the phase III PSMAfore trial.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

With therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals coming to market quickly and available to smaller institutions around the U.S., My vision of a theranostic center includes a flagship facility that has a PET/CT scanner, a SPECT/CT scanner, and then multiple rooms for infusions of radiopharmaceuticals," Siegel explained.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In other radiology oriented provisions, the final rule also addresses payment for radiopharmaceuticals in physician offices.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 14, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:45 May 14, 2024 — University Hospitals (UH) and Siemens Healthineers announce a 10-year strategic alliance that builds on their 40-year history of clinical and research collaboration. Because there is no “typical” hospital or laboratory and many variables exist (e.g.,

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dempsey began working in radiography at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania. She continued working at the hospital for 12 years while growing in her role as an educator. Dmitry Beyder.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2025

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to update the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) in 2025 by unbundling radiopharmaceuticals.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new reimbursement plan July 10 for diagnostic PET scans that would provide separate payments for radiopharmaceuticals, as well as an extra payment for hospitals when they use domestically produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m).

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 27, 2025

Pass-through payment status will allow the CMS to provide separate payments for the radiopharmaceutical and the PET-CT scan when performed with Flyrcado in the hospital outpatient setting. Flyrcado will be unveiled at the ACC conference on March 29.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The radiopharmaceutical is called Cu-61 NuriPro and is part of the company's NuriPro program, it said. Nuclidium has begun a phase I clinical trial evaluating the use of copper-61 (Cu-61) in patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive prostate cancer.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In patients treated at a memory clinic at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, amyloid PET scans detected brain pathology associated with the disease and led to changes in treatment plans in 36.5% All patients underwent PET scans using F-18 florbetapir (Amyvid, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals), an amyloid PET tracer approved in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval. Since the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rhine Pharma’s mission will be to expand global access to radiopharmaceuticals for cancer imaging and treatment using two generator-produced isotopes, technetium-99m (Tc-99m) and rhenium-188 (Re-188), the company said.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

These are created by injecting the patient with a radiopharmaceutical to deliver a radiation dose that targets the cancer itself. CMS created two new reimbursement codes for use in the hospital outpatient setting, effective January 1, to describe Scintix therapy.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 18:58 February 21, 2024 — Blue Earth Therapeutics , a Bracco company and emerging leader in the development of innovative next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, is pleased to share the publication of promising early clinical data with 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1

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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. With this rule in place, the CMS will unpackage and pay separately for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals with per-day costs exceeding $630. This is a huge win for U.S.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

A decade ago, only a few radiopharmaceutical agents were used to help treat cancer patients. That has changed and the field of theranostics is expanding rapidly in various ways, as described in part 1 of AuntMinnie.com 's series on the rise of theranostics. However, few freestanding theranostics centers exist today. Hope added.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Care Innovation Hub leverages the strengths of academia and industry to create, evaluate and translate novel technology into a clinical setting with the goals of advancing diagnosis and treatment of disease, improving hospital operations and driving more equitable access to care.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

For the hospital outpatient setting, Medicare currently packages the payment for radiopharmaceuticals into an overall payment for groupings of nuclear medicine procedures including PET. This has led to inadequate payment for precision radiopharmaceuticals and challenges for some providers seeking to offer these imaging services.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Blue Earth Therapeutics is highlighting early clinical results from a German trial investigating the use of a lutetium-177 (Lu-177)-labeled prostate specific antigen (PSMA) radiopharmaceutical. and its findings were published in December in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 5, 2023

Ac-225 is a high energy alpha-emitting radioisotope of increasing interest for clinical studies investigating the use of targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy, which combines select molecules with therapeutic radioisotopes to directly target and deliver therapeutic doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells in patients with serious disease.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 31, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 08/31/2023 - 15:50 August 31, 2023 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes , LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals, and Curadh MTR Inc. Ac-225 for use in radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT). actinium-225 (Ac-225). “As a company at the forefront of U.S.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

Mr. Merrick continued, “Demand for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals is increasing rapidly. NorthStar has further deepened and broadened our business platform with the recent establishment of a full-scale radiopharmaceutical CDMO/CMO services unit. Ac-225 using advanced, environmentally preferable electron accelerator technology.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 12, 2024

Other technologies use anatomical images to guide radiotherapy delivery; however, SCINTIX therapy is the only radiotherapy to use emissions from cancer cells, created by injecting the patient with a radiopharmaceutical, to deliver a radiation dose that continuously and autonomously targets the cancer itself.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 28, 2023

This collaboration will drive continuous innovation in molecular imaging agent production to improve access to radiopharmaceuticals in South Africa and help drive precision care in the region.” GE HealthCare has signed an agreement with Axim Life Isotopes South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 9, 2024

As SNMMI president-elect, I plan to focus on bringing and integrating radiopharmaceutical theranostics into the clinic to benefit as many patients as possible," Urbain said in an SNMMI announcement. He currently serves as a staff physician at Stratford General Hospitals in Ontario, in addition to his consulting and academic center activities.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 29, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 06/29/2023 - 21:10 June 29, 2023 — Blue Earth Therapeutics , a Bracco company and emerging leader in the development of innovative next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced highlights from early clinical and preclinical studies of 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 30, 2025

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced key changes to reimbursement that make advanced imaging more accessible, lifting its one-scan-per-patient restriction in 2023 and unbundling payment for high-cost diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals in 2024. Facilities wishing to appear on this list can fill out this brief survey.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval. Since the U.S.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 11, 2024

She will also raise awareness of nuclear medicine’s value to clinical colleagues and patients and will be laser-focused on breaking down barriers to radiopharmaceutical availability, reimbursement, affordability, and funding. An active SNMMI member, Jacene has been involved in many aspects of the organization.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 30, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 08/30/2023 - 14:45 August 30, 2023 — A published study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center shows that multiple beams and intervals in delivery during FLASH proton therapy treatment reduced skin-saving effects in preclinical models.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 26, 2023

He performed doctoral and post-doctoral work at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and completed his radiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mahmood has held many volunteer leadership positions throughout the course of his career.

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TTG Imaging Solutions

MAY 5, 2023

Digirad has provided unique solutions to hospitals and outpatient providers for more than two decades. These business lines cement TTG as the premier full-service provider to the cardiology market and expand TTG’s reach into hospitals and healthcare systems. Digirad Health, Inc.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 20, 2023

Dr. Keole is a radiation oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona and also sees patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Kavadi will serve two-year terms as Vice Chairs, followed by two-year terms as Chairs of their respective councils.

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