July 26, 2012

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New Report AvailableReport of AAPM Task Group 181: The Selection, Use, Calibration, and Quality Assurance of Radionuclide Calibrators Used in Nuclear Medicine

Congress

House Appropriators To Mark Up Bill Defunding Health Law, Flat Funding NIH

Rep. Burgess Introduces One-Year Physician Payment Fix Bill

Multi-Specialty Physicians Reject Imaging Proposal

FDA

Obama signs bipartisan FDA bill

Imaging

Stakeholders Debate Proposed Pediatric X-Ray Labeling

Medicare

PROPOSED POLICY AND PAYMENT CHANGES TO THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE FOR 2013

PROPOSED 2013 POLICY, PAYMENT CHANGES FOR HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS

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Congress

House Appropriators To Mark Up Bill Defunding Health Law, Flat Funding NIH

House appropriators plan to mark up on a bill that would cut more than $1 billion from Health and Human Services (HHS) in fiscal 2013, defund the healthcare law and put a prohibition on providing any new discretionary funding for the law's implementation...[see full article]

Rep. Burgess Introduces One-Year Physician Payment Fix Bill

Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) introduced on July 20th a one-year Medicare physician payment patch. The Assuring Medicare Stability and Access for Seniors Act of 2012 would prevent all of the looming “physician payment fix” payments from going into effect in 2013, but does not include any offsets to pay for the fix...[see full article]

Multi-Specialty Physicians Reject Imaging Proposal

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) is urging congressional leaders to resist pressure from an alliance of radiologists and other stakeholders to pass legislation that would block certain multi-specialty physicians from providing advanced diagnostic services...[see full article]

FDA

Obama signs bipartisan FDA bill

President Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which reauthorizes user fees that the FDA collects from the drug and medical-device industries. The fees must be reauthorized every five years...[see full article]

Imaging

Stakeholders Debate Proposed Pediatric X-Ray Labeling

Stakeholders said proposed FDA x-ray labeling, which cautions against the device's use in children if there is not data to back up the pediatric use, could force hospitals to use the devices off-label and proposed alternatives, including labeling with the intended use of the device...[see full article]

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