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Elizabeth Ceilley, M.D., was named medical director of Boulder Cancer Care in Boulder, Colo. Richard Deming, M.D., of Mercy Therapeutic Radiology Associates in Des Moines, Iowa, was featured in a July 28, 2010, article in the Des Moines Register . The...
Katherine Egan Bennett, ASTRO staff, katherineb@astro.org The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is searching for an Editor-in-Chief for its primary research journal, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics...
By Tim Tidwell, ASTRO government relations intern A proposal by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has Congress considering some major changes to graduate medical education funding that could impact the way radiation oncology programs train...
ASTRO’s new journal to publish first issue in 2011 By Katherine Bennett , ASTRO staff, Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE katherineb@astro.org ASTRO’s new journal, Practical Radiation Oncology , is now accepting manuscripts. The...
By Nicole Napoli, communications manager The International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (or Red Journal ), the official journal of ASTRO, continues to be the highest ranked radiation oncology journal based on 2009 impact factors, which...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the proposed rule governing payment policies and rates for the Medicare hospital outpatient payment system (HOPPS) for calendar year 2011...
Michael Kasper, M.D., of the Lynn Cancer Institute of Boca Raton Community Hospital in Boca Raton, Fla., was mentioned in a June 22, 2010, Palm Beach (Fla.) Post article on a 14-year metastatic melanoma survivor. Dr. Kasper spoke on the use of brachytherapy...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy In January 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released final regulations related to the adoption of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. These regulations will replace ICD-9 codes that...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy On June 25, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed changes to Medicare policies and payment rates for physician services to go into effect January 1, 2011. Under...
Luqman Dad, M.D., co-chief resident of radiation oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., had an opinion letter published in the May 13, 2010, issue of The Buffalo (N.Y.) News , to “applaud Obama and our local members of Congress...
Further action needed to exempt physicians from regulations By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy On May 28, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it will push back the Red Flags Rule implementation deadline to December 31, 2010...
By Nicole Napoli, publications specialist For the basement-housed radiation oncology department at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, what started as a typical Mother’s Day weekend in Nashville, Tenn., quickly turned to disaster as 20 inches of rain...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy For the third month in a row, Congress missed the deadline to act before the temporary reprieve from the 21 percent Medicare physician cut expired. While the House of Representatives approved legislation...
By Emily Wilson, director of government relations As part of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a new entity was established to lead comparative effectiveness efforts called the Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research...
Tom Buchholz, M.D., of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was asked by professional golfer Phil Mickelson to be his caddie for three holes during the Houston Open. Dr. Buchholz has been treating Michelson’s wife Amy and his mother Mary, who...
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