In The News
July 15, 2010
US Department of Health and Human Services Issue New Guidelines.
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury issued new regulations today, requiring new private health plans to cover evidence-based preventive services and eliminate cost sharing requirements for such services. Click Here for Full Statement
June 28, 2010
Delegates to the AMA Want Disease Experts on Government Panels
In response to the breast cancer screening guidelines by the USPSTF, delegates to the AMA adopted a policy that government task forces and committees addressing certain diseases should include physicians who have expertise in those illnesses.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/06/28/prsi0628.htm
May 20, 2010
Breast Fibroadenomas in the Pediatric Population: Common and Uncommon Sonographic Findings
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR, invested as the Lee F. Rogers, MD, Professor of Medical Education (Click here for the full article)
02-22-10
Avon Foundation Survey Reports Altered Coverage Based on USPSTF Guidelines
Avon Foundation Press Release
01-04-10
Breast Cancer Screening With Imaging: Recommendations From the Society of Breast Imaging and the ACR on the Use of Mammography, Breast MRI, Breast Ultrasound, and Other Technologies for the Detection of Clinically Occult Breast Cancer. J Am Coll Radiol 2010:7:18-27. Click Here to access the full article. (reprinted with permission from the AmericanCollege of Radiology)
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