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By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy, sheilam@astro.org On November 1, 2011, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period that will update payment policies and payment rates for services...
Practice expense changes negatively impact radiation oncology services By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy, sheilam@astro.org On November 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put on display the 2012 final Medicare...
By Shari Siuta, senior research analyst, sharis@astro.org For several decades, conventionally fractionated whole-breast irradiation (CF-WBI) has been the standard of care for women with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery...
By: Daneen Grooms, Health Policy Analyst, daneeng@astro.org Radiation oncology coding is constantly evolving to keep up with treatment advancements in the specialty. Due to this continuous change, it is important to understand how to bill correctly in...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy On July 1, 2011, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Las Vegas-based radiation oncologist agreed to pay the United States $5.7 million plus interest to settle allegations that he submitted...
On July 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put on display the CY 2012 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). In this rule, CMS addresses proposals related to Medicare physician payment as well as proposals to implement...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy, sheilam@astro.org On June 3, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed regulations titled “Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement (CMS...
By Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy, sheilam@astro.org Beginning in 2012, Medicare physician payments will be reduced by 1 percent for eligible professionals who are not successful e-prescribers during the reporting period of January...
New Appointments Sidney C. Roberts, MD, has been elected to the board of directors for the High Plains Division of the American Cancer Society. William Goad, MD, a radiation oncologist, has joined Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Okla. Recognition...
By Katherine Bennett, Scientific Publications Managing Editor, katherineb@astro.org Anthony L. Zietman, MD, incoming editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics , the official clinical journal of the American...
By Daneen Grooms, health policy analyst, daneeng@astro.org and Sheila Madhani, assistant director of health policy, sheilam@astro.org In the wake of health care reform and the government implementing initiatives to tackle improper payments, Medicare reimbursement...
By Jennifer Knowles, manager of congressional relations, jenniferk@astro.org On April 7, 2011, The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to vote on recommendations to rein in growth of so-called ancillary services but focused their proposals...
By Cindy Tomlinson, Manager of Regulatory Affairs, cindyt@astro.org Anthony Zietman, M.D., chairman of ASTRO’s Board of Directors and a radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, met with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC...
On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed regulations on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (known as the accountable care organization or ACO rule). Enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ACOs...
By Nicole Napoli, Communications Manager, nicolen@astro.org On March 31, ASTRO, along with the National Patient Advocate Foundation, Radiation Therapy Alliance, American Association of Physicists in Medicine and American Society of Radiologic Technologists...
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