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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule that would, if approved, update its payment policies and rates for hospital outpatient departments, including imaging, in the calendar year 2009.
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The most exciting aspect to the discovery of a new probe at The University of California at Los Angeles' (UCLA's) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center might not be the potential of the probe itself for monitoring immune system function and treatment response, but rather the model scientists have put in place that could lead them to the discovery of many more valuable probes.
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While radiotherapy is commonly prescribed following surgery for patients with node-positive head and neck cancers, until now there has been little evidence that it actually improves survival.
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The idea of using milk as a contrast agent for gastrointestinal imaging has obvious appeal.
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There is no question that the use of MRI prior to breast cancer surgery has increased dramatically in recent years. At the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, for example, the use of preoperative MRI in breast cancer patients more than doubled between 2003 and 2006.
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Too many children enrolled in Medicaid don't receive the comprehensive developmental assessments that states are required to provide through the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program. As a result, according to researchers at Mathematica Policy Research and George Washington University, many developmental problems remain unidentified or go untreated.
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While many states are undertaking health care reform initiatives, including attempting to reach universal coverage within their state, the nation continues to lose ground on coverage and families are feeling the strain on their wallets and their health.
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An experimental payment system modeled for heart attack and diabetes demonstrates potentially avoidable complications are significantly inflating health care costs.
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Little changes can make a big difference. Although that message still is seen as counterintuitive by some health care experts, Trust for America's Health (TFAH) has concluded that an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking and other tobacco use could save the country more than $16 billion a year within five years, or a return of $5.60 for every $1 invested.