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By Dave Adler, assistant director of government relations On March 4, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) discussed potential changes to the self-referral law for radiation therapy for the third time but said it is not yet ready to make...
By Dave Adler, assistant director of government relations Theodore DeWeese, M.D., chair of the department of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, testified March 4, 2010, at a hearing...
Late last evening, March 2, the U.S. Senate voted 78-19 to pass H.R. 4691, the "Temporary Extension Act of 2010," which included provisions to extend 2009 Medicare physician payment rates through the end of the month. As a result, the 21 percent...
ASTRO Chair Tim R. Williams, M.D., testified at the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing, “Medical Radiation: An Overview of the Issues,” in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 26, 2010. Subcommittee Chairman Frank Pallone...
ASTRO has committed to a six-point patient protection plan that will improve safety and quality and reduce the chances of medical errors. “ASTRO’s highest priority has always been ensuring patients receive the safest, most effective treatments...
By Nicole Napoli, publications specialist The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise – Radiation Oncology has been awarded a $680,000 Florida Biomedical Research Award for two years beginning January 1, 2010, to expedite the development of interoperability...
Transitions Craig Collie, M.D., has joined the staff of Horizon Medical Center as a radiation oncologist with Tennessee Oncology in the Sarah Cancer Cannon Center at Natchez Medical Park in Dickson, Tenn. Dr. Collie previously practiced as a radiation...
Radiation therapy 99.99 percent safe and effective No medical error is acceptable and the two instances reported in your article on January 24, 2010, "The Radiation Boom – Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm" are devastating...
By Dave Adler, assistant director of government relations The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which advises Congress on Medicare policies, met January 15, 2010, to consider addressing the in-office exception to the physician self-referral...
Occasional musings from a self-professed geek! By Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D., FASTRO My first computer was an Epson Qx-10, bought in Madison, Wis., in 1983. And like most of us, I grew up with DOS and its variations and graduated to various versions...
CMS has posted a corrected RVU file with the new 2010 conversion factor of 36.0846. There was a slight increase from 36.0666 because of a budget neutrality adjustment associated with the RVU changes in the final rule. CMS also revised the malpractice...
Parker Griffith, a radiation oncologist and member of the United States House of Representatives representing Alabama’s 5th congressional district, announced on December 22, 2009, that he is switching from the Democrat to Republican party. From...
By Nicole Napoli, Publications Specialist ASTRO is pleased to announce that nine radiation oncology equipment manufacturers passed at least one portion of interoperability at its third Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise – Radiation Oncology ...
By Steve Reynolds, special correspondent As I write this, it is three years exactly since my diagnosis. I had surgery the week before Thanksgiving. St Vincent’s in Manhattan, my throat dissected. I had stitches and feeding and breathing tubes. The...
The United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have issued two separate screening recommendations for women recently. Specifically, the USPSTF recommendations suggest women...
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