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Grassley to introduce imaging self-referral bill

July 28, 2008 — 10:02am ET | By Anne Zieger
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) plans to introduce a bill that he says would cast a spotlight on physicians' financial incentives to order imaging services. The bill, which will be called the Medicare... Read more...

Trend: Providers increase use of CT scans

July 1, 2008 — 2:04am ET | By Anne Zieger
To date, CT scans have never been proved in large medical studies to be better than other forms of imaging. Worse, they expose patients to larger doses of radiation than other scans, equivalent to... Read more...