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As More Women Seek Mammograms, Many Have to Wait Months
The Wall Street Journal says the feud between doctors and managed-care insurers over reimbursements for mammograms has led to the shutting down of many imaging centers. This despite the fact that there is a growing demand for new facilities. The situation is so bad that women have to wait anywhere from two to six months to get an appointment with a radiologist. Many imaging centers are dropping managed-care providers because their rate of reimbursement barely covers the cost of the tests.
Tags: medical insurance; breast cancer; cancer; mammogram; breast clinic; ultrasound; scan; radiologist; imaging centers; breast tumor; health insurance
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Sound Advice
"Sound Advice" investigates an area of medicine that has remained virtually unreported. That area is diagnostic ultrasound. The investigation found that there are thousands of ultrasound practitioners who are inadequately trained, yet routinely use this technology which is highly dependent upon the skill of the person doing it. ABC found that there is very little control over who is permitted to practice it, there are not training requirements, and certification is strictly voluntary and the exception rather than the rule.
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Doctors Who Perform Fetal Sonograms Often Lack Sufficient Training and Skill
The Wall Street Journal reports that "Medical experts say there is mounting evidence that 20 years after ultrasound changed the face of obstetrical care, too may practitioners do it poorly... Many doctors start scanning and billing patients after a week-long course."
Tags: sonograms obstetrician obstetrics premature birth baby gynecologist