Reimbursement News
CMS Selects Final Five Medicare Parts A and B Contractors (MACs)
In January 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the final five contractors that will process and pay Medicare claims for health care services under the Medicare Fee-for-Service program. As required by section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), CMS is replacing its current claims payment contractors - fiscal intermediaries and carriers - with new contract entities called Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs).
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Business News
Health Care and the Recession
With the grim state of the economy, physicians are wondering:
- What is the impact of the recession on health care?
- Are there implications for proposed health care reforms?
- Can the economic downturn actually help facilitate reform?
The New England Journal of Medicine recently assembled a panel of experts to explore these issues in a roundtable discussion. With the deepening economic crisis, and the recent political changes in Washington, this is a discussion you won’t want to miss.
Watch the video now.
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Technology
Five Technologies Set to Change the Decade
In the coming decade, we will see some amazing new technologies that will affect our lives to such an extent that we will wonder how we ever lived without them. Molecular imaging has been named as one of the five new technologies that are expected to significantly affect people's lives over the next decade.
Forbes magazine article predicts breakthrough MI technologies involving nanoparticles, quantum dots, and fluorescent tags will change the future of medicine.
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Clinical Practice
PET/CT Case Review Workshop
The PET/CT Case Review Workshop will be held on March 7 and 8, 2009 at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort, Huntington Beach, California. This program, co-sponsored by AMI, LARS and SNM, is designed for radiologists and nuclear medicine/molecular imaging professionals starting PET/CT practice or looking to augment their existing practice through the review and interpretation of 100 Supervised PET/CT Examinations. Click on the link below to register online and reserve your seat.
Register
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The AMI is hosting an educational webcast series
Here is a list of the upcoming webcasts:
Cardiac PET Imaging: Trends in Nuclear Cardiology for the Referring Physician
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time
Presenter: Dr. Marcelo DiCarli
Using PET/CT in Cancers of the GI Tract to Plan and Monitor Radiation Therapy
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time
Presenter: Dr. Dwight Heron
To register for a session, go to https://ami-imaging.webex.com/ and click on the "Upcoming Meetings" tab. Enter your name and email. You will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session. There is no fee to join a session.
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