The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on September 28, 1999, to clear up any …

it is not uncommon that some nuclear medicine physicians are delaying retirement.[...] some
imaging groups and medical institutions are reluctant to hire new physicians because of …

The private practice of nuclear medicine has evolved over the past decade. Federal and
state regulatory agencies, reduction in reimbursement, and a shortage of qualified …

In the United States, the medical specialties of nuclear medicine and radiology have a
unique relationship in that radiologists practice nuclear medicine, but nuclear medicine …

Thomas, who serves on the board ofPRN. †œWe are in the process offinalizing some
paperwork with the Department ofLabor, ― he said. Although PRN will be independent …

The mean rate of non-attendance at this hospital is 16%, with the Nuclear Medicine
Department averaging 4%. Although only a small percentage, increasing demand for …

Clintonplancallsfor ceilingsonnumberof specialistresidenciesper year; nuclearmedicinemay
have to re-examine qualificationstandards be no nuclear medicine positions assigned. Rec …

physician group practices should be mindful that compliance with the physicians' services
exception and the in-office ancillary services exception to the physician self-referral …

The big event in 2003 was passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and
Modernization Act which rectifies many of the problems nuclear medicine had been facing …

LINES FROM THE PRESIDENT ALLIANCE NOT RELIANCE charges for the years 1990 and
1991has been considered by some an economic victory for nuclear medicine. I feel …