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Report: Pricing, technology to blame for high U.S. healthcare costs
High prices and technology costs are what are driving skyrocketing healthcare costs in the U.S., not high utilization rates, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. One major factor is
Combined medical scans used to predict heart attack risk
Positron emission tomography (PET) technology combined with computed tomography (CT) technology could help doctors to predict a patient's risk of having a heart attack with more accuracy, according
Philips partnership aims to improve IT in cancer care
Royal Philips Electronics, better known in the U.S. as Philips, is partnering with Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a practice management and consulting firm that has helped develop and operate
Increase in CT exams for children in ERs raising concerns
The number of children receiving computed tomography (CT) scans in emergency rooms has been rapidly rising -- raising concerns that some may be exposed to adult-sized radiation doses that could lead
Self-referrers must disclose to patients under Stark
Beginning January 1, 2011, physicians who bill for MRI, CT, or PET scans under the in-office ancillary exception to the Stark law must provide patients they self-refer to these services a list of
