Health Imaging

Older, sicker men with prostate cancer may bypass aggressive treatment

As men with localized prostate cancer weigh the multitude of treatment options, they may want to consider the interplay between comorbid conditions, age and tumor features with other-cause mortality and disease-specific mortality. Older men with several comorbid conditions face a higher risk of other-cause mortality within 10 years of diagnosis, according to a study published May 20 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Oncology Imaging

Doctors, hospitals to shoulder rate cuts to sustain plan

The federal government will reduce rates paid to physicians and hospitals treating patients with cardiovascular diseases and other serious illnesses in an effort to stem the tide in cost overruns in its Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP).

Healthcare Economics

In Translation: Easing PET/MR into Clinical Practice

PET/MR is slowly carving out a space with an increasing number of major institutions across the globe taking advantage of the hybrid system for a widening range of research applications.

Reimbursement

The $350M question: Does postprostatectomy IMRT deliver?

Use of IMRT to treat prostate cancer, which carries a reimbursement rate approximately 50 percent higher than conformal radiotherapy, skyrocketed from zero in 2000 to 82.1 percent in 2009 among postprostatectomy patients. Despite the swift uptake, IMRT may not provide morbidity benefits among these patients, according to a study published online May 20 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Reimbursement

ACR’s teleradiology task force weighs in

Although teleradiology services offer a number of benefits to healthcare providers and their patients, the American College of Radiology’s (ACR’s) Task Force on Teleradiology Practice stated that the traditional practice model of on-site, local radiology groups may better serve most communities.

Practice Management

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