Jennifer Taylor Howell (Director, Marketing and Membership)
On Oct. 30, 2024, the Nuclear Medicine Europe (NMEu) Emergency Response Team provided an update on the Petten, Netherlands, high-flux reactor that has been down for maintenance. NMEu is projecting…
ASNC Publishes Quality Improvement Guide for Nuclear Cardiology Labs Performing Cardiac Amyloidosis Imaging Includes New Tools for Optimizing Imaging Quality and Improving Patient Care FAIRFAX, VA (Oct. 28, 2024) –…
Physicians face a 2.8% percent cut to their Medicare payments beginning Jan. 1, 2025. It is up to Congress to stop the scheduled reductions, but lawmakers need to hear from you about why…
On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Since sharing its preliminary takeaways from both…
On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rules. In the days ahead, your advocacy…
ASNC is preparing a response to a 29-page white paper released by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) that highlights pervasive challenges in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and…
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce passed H.R. 1199, the Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics (FIND) Act. If signed into law, the bill would require separate payment of radiopharmaceuticals…
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a comprehensive ban on noncompete clauses in employment contracts with no exceptions for the healthcare industry. The final rule will take effect 120 days after publication in the Federal…
At the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Council on the Medical Use of Isotopes (NRC ACMUI) meeting held last week, Medical Radiation Safety Team Leader Celimar Valentin-Rodriguez, PhD, shared details about…
Throughout the nearly nine years since the Protecting Access to Medicare Act established the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program for advanced diagnostic imaging, ASNC has been a vocal opponent of the program…
