Measures this year will address medical loss ratios, prohibit lifetime limits, and require preventive coverage.

Senator David Vitter (R-La.) called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expunge all references to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's controversial mammography guidelines from agency websites.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now enlisting doctors to be its eyes and ears in its efforts to stop misleading drug advertisements.

Senator has suggestions on MLR transparency.

A state regulatory update from the pages of DOTmed Business News.

Obese women are more likely to have bigger tumors and higher rates of lymph node metastases at the time of diagnosis than non-obese women, a new study finds.

A Leerink Swann survey of hospital administrators predicts a slight easing of hospital capital budget pressures.

Amendment would end exemption for health insurance industry.

Witnesses discuss benefits and drawbacks of public pricing information.

The President's Cancer Panel warns of environmental cancer risks in yearly report.

A new inclined beam treatment room in Oklahoma suggests proton therapy rooms can treat most patients without expensive, 120-ton gantries.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will host a public meeting next month to find ways to prevent radiation therapy mishaps, the agency announced on Friday.

Charles Deschamps met with DOTmed News to discuss the society, conference and his new position.

Read the latest trends in the market and technologies.

Pilot project in Miami-Dade County requires nurses and health aides to call into program to make sure they're really delivering the services promised.

VP Brian Baker talked about meaningful use criteria and electronic medical records.

A correction was made that decreases the cut from 36 percent to 20 percent.

Linda Monty, former MRMS president and chair, spoke to DOTmed News about the association.

Man involved in scheme that pretended elderly aunt was HIV positive to collect Medicare dollars, according to the DOJ.

Committee leaders conflicted over whether fiscal reform authority extends to orthodontists, dentists.

Law will expand services and assistance for disabled vets, caregivers.

A drug that could serve as a countermeasure to radiation poisoning and prevent gruesome, lingering deaths in the weeks following a nuclear bomb blast or power plant accident enters a second round of government-sponsored trials.

Read what every patient, and many doctors, need to know.

Spokesman: Patients from St. Vincent's will continue to see their regular physicians.

C-level executives surveyed said they would have to cut jobs to deal with excise tax.

Website with insurance coverage options to be published in July.

Federal government to provide coverage options for those with pre-existing conditions.

A RAND simulation suggests docs serving the poor might earn $7,000 less under competitive rewards schemes.

A medico-legal entry from DOTmed Business News.

Sanford Health's second children's clinic is expected to be completed next year.

Phyllis McCready discusses her experience at this year's IDN conference.

Report finds delays, backlogs in transfers to MACs.

A preview of highlights from this year's conference in San Antonio.

Research found that adaptive filters can increase image quality while reducing CT radiation.

Commission would investigate resources for urotrauma.

Amerinet just announced that the 2010 Member Conference has been postponed till a later date due to severe flooding in Nashville, Tenn.

A state-level regulatory report from DOTmed Business News.

Scientists in New York have created a computer system that automatically pulls radiation dosage off CT scan reports and alerts radiologists if dose levels exceed industry-standard values, a technology that could help patients better monitor their lifetime exposure as well as prevent the highly publicized dosage fiascoes that rocked the profession last year.

This year's Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting will be held June 3-6, at the Minneapolis convention center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

An alleged case of Medicare fraud in Texas.