May 14, 2009 -On May 8, 2009, CMS opened the reconsideration of the National Coverage Determination (NCD) on Positron Emission Tomography (FDG). The requestors have asked CMS to reconsider the NCD and broaden national coverage of FDG-PET (without CED restrictions) for the staging of cervical cancer (i.e.

May 13, 2009 - The biotherapies for cancer treatment may become a $60 billion market in 10 years, doubling in the next five years, according to a new report by Kalorama Information, “World Market for Cancer Therapeutics and Biotherapeutics, 3rd Edition.”

May 13, 2009 – NovaPro is NovaRad’s latest PACS and RIS built specifically for radiologist groups that read for multiple hospitals, clinics and imaging centers.

May 13, 2009 - Novation has recently signed a two-year extension to its multi-source computed radiography agreement with Carestream Health, Inc. Under the agreement, Carestream Health’s CR systems will be available to more than 2,500 VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), and more than 12,000 Provista members and facilities. The new agreement runs through May 31, 2011.

May 13, 2009 - The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) hailed the extension of an American College of Radiology (ACR) resolution in support of clinical patient management by vascular and interventional radiologists as an important reminder of the critical contribution these minimally invasive specialists bring to quality patient healthcare.

May 12, 2009 - Medicare, the U.S. federal health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled, will not pay for virtual colonoscopies, which check for colon cancer using scans.

May 12, 2009 – Many U.S. hospital radiology administrators expect to see their capital equipment budgets freed up to allow the acquisitions of key diagnostic imaging equipment, including mammography, digital radiography, fluoroscopy and 64 plus slice CT scanners, according to a newly released study of 250 U.S. hospitals conducted by IMV Limited.