AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2024

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare recently opened the Dr. James and JoAnn Bourland Radiation Oncology Center in Clinton, MO. Dr. James and JoAnn Bourland Radiation Oncology Center at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton, MO. Image courtesy of Business Wire.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Radiation oncology has for several years now faced challenges in workforce retention and resident placement. Arya Amini, MD, from the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California spoke with AuntMinnie.com about a paper he recently co-authored that outlines this problem and strategies that could potentially help.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 10, 2023

Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Proposed Medicare rule will not improve radiology reimbursement CMS proposes radiology reimbursement cuts, AUC pause for 2024 MPFS Society of Women in Radiation Oncology issues paid leave guidance Radiologists among top 10 highest paid medical specialists in 2022 ASTRO: Radiation oncology workforce appears (..)

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AuntMinnie

MAY 15, 2023

The Society of Women in Radiation Oncology (SWRO) is recommending that radiatio.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The company is partnering with Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center to help expand radiation oncology services across the Reno marketplace.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 16, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 05/16/2024 - 15:49 May 16, 2024 — Today marks a significant milestone in cancer care with the introduction of bipartisan federal legislation that would revolutionize Medicare reimbursement for radiation therapy. The Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value-Based Payment Program Act of 2024, sponsored by Sen.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 18, 2024

Vapiwala will represent the society’s 10,000 members, who include physicians, physicists, biologists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses and other professionals involved in radiation oncology care. Before serving on the Board, she was president of the Association of Directors of Radiation Oncology Programs (ADROP).

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 06/21/2024 - 20:25 June 21, 2024 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) announced today that following a nationwide search, Vivek S. From 2003 to 2020, Dr. Kavadi served as Regional Medical Director for Texas Oncology, where he managed a 60-physician practice in the Houston region.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 20, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/20/2023 - 20:09 July 20, 2023 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) selected 29 distinguished members to receive the ASTRO Fellow ( FASTRO ) designation for its 2023 class of Fellows. Joseph Hospital Harvey Mamon, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Loren K.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

milla1cf Fri, 11/03/2023 - 12:20 November 3, 2023 —The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued the following statement from Jeff M. The consistent decline in Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology threatens to undermine patients’ access to vital cancer care across the country.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 12, 2024

Beyder, along with Vikas Prasad, MD, PhD, and BJH/WU Radiation Oncology all played an integral role in launching the SNMMI radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) comprehensive center of excellence at WU, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Siteman Cancer Center last year.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2024

Radiation oncology firm Sirtex Medical has introduced a new way to deliver yttrium-90 (Y-90) for metastatic colorectal cancer radiation therapy.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2023, 38% of PET systems were operated by the PET department, 28% by nuclear medicine, 24% by radiology/imaging, 5% by radiation oncology, and 2% by molecular imaging. Want to share your knowledge of medical imaging? Disclosure: IMV Medical Information Division is a sister company of AuntMinnie.com.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

APRIL 2, 2024

Cancer patients about to undergo radiation oncology treatment have lots of questions. Could ChatGPT be the best way to get answers?

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AuntMinnie

JULY 17, 2024

Neha Vapiwala, MD Members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have elected five new officers to its board of directors, including Neha Vapiwala, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, as president-elect. Christopher Corso, MD, PhD, as government relations council vice chair.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 24, 2024

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has appointed Texas radiation oncologist Vivek Kavadi, MD, as its new CEO. Kavadi plans to leave his current role as chief radiation oncology officer for the US Oncology Network to lead ASTRO, where he has been a member and served in various roles since 1994.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

She is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, where she leads the Center in Radiation Sciences Education. She is employed at the Miami Cancer Institute as the director of radiation oncology.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Accuray has inked an agreement with TrueNorth Medical Physics to provide radiation oncology departments with third-party support designed to boost their department’s capabilities.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

The organization noted that the CMS expects the overall impact of the proposed MPFS to be neutral on radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) 2025 rule. However, interventional radiology will have a decrease of 2%.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 9, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 01/09/2024 - 11:02 January 9, 2024 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) announced that CEO Laura Thevenot plans to retire at the end of 2024 after leading the organization since 2002. Proposed new radiation oncology payment program to Congress.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

radiology organizations recently requested CPT code changes at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) September 2024 CPT Editorial Panel meeting. The American College of Radiology (ACR) and other top U.S. Category I codes approved at the recent meeting will take effect on January 1, 2026.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. However, few freestanding theranostics centers exist today. Morris continued in the JNM.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Howard Sandler, MD, FASTRO, Radiation Oncology Department Chair at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, took the helm as President of the American Society for Radiation Oncology during its Annual Meeting, ASTRO 2023, held Oct. 1-4 in San Diego.

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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.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Patients with brain metastases who experience cognitive side effects after radiation therapy appear to eventually regain cognitive function, according to a presentation delivered September 29 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Washington, DC.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

GE HealthCare (GEHC) plans to acquire medical imaging software developer MIM Software. The company will integrate MIM's software into its own advanced visualization offerings in an effort to support AI-based segmentation and contouring and dosimetry analysis in the fields of radiology, molecular imaging, and radiation oncology.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Zelefsky brings an unparalleled level of expertise and leadership that will further elevate our team at Perlmutter Cancer Center,” said Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD , the Anita Steckler and Joseph Steckler Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology. milla1cf Tue, 09/12/2023 - 13:16 September 12, 2023 — Michael J.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 21, 2024

GE HealthCare topped a list of AI-enabled medical devices to receive 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Contour ProtégéAI+ (MIM Software) – software that automatically generates contours for radiation oncology treatment planning, which may reduce simulation to treatment times. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this year, at 72.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 5, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 07/05/2023 - 19:37 July 5, 2023 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced a strategic collaboration agreement with B dot Medical Inc. Takuji Furukawa , President and CEO, B dot Medical, says: “This collaboration represents a significant step forward in our mission, “proton for everyone".

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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. Medical imaging societies have also recently commented on the rule. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 30.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Strategic Collaboration for Innovation in Medical Imaging and Theranostics comprises Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare scientists, technology developers, clinicians and other healthcare providers. chair of Radiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 10, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 04/10/2023 - 15:13 April 10, 2023 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) issued the following statement from Geraldine M. We appreciate that CMS addressed an array of concerns raised by ASTRO, the radiation oncology community and physicians nationwide.

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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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The British Institute of Radiology

MARCH 7, 2023

Radiation oncology clinics face numerous challenges in the present environment, including the simultaneous management of multiple tasks (many of which are manual in nature), various degrees of standardisation, and the potential for errors to impact patient treatment.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 29, 2024

The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging congressional leaders to pass legislation vital to the sustainability of physician practices.

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