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NEWS AND LINKS
Is your hospital-based or free standing facility
considering implementing compensator-based IMRT
treatments? If so, take a look at the following links
for the latest articles and information on CPT coding for this
procedure.
CMS
Washington Update Newsletter, December 2004
Medicare
Part B Physician Fee Schedule/Final Rule Summary effective
January 1, 2005
CMS
Manual System, Change Request 3519:
"Compensators:
An Alternative IMRT Delivery Technique" from the Journal of
Applied Clinical Medical Physics:
Are you interested in the latest
Medicare coverage for PET Oncology
Scans?
Medlearn Matters Number:
MM3741
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/matters/mmarticles/2005/MM3741.pdf
Take a look at this voluntary, web-based
safety information database for Radiotherapy funded by
ESTRO.
Radiation Oncology Safety Information
System (ROSIS)
http://www.clin.radfys.lu.se/Default.asp
QUALITY ASSURANCE
SURVEY
If you haven't already completed the anonymous online
QA survey, please go to, http://www.tmatech.com/survey/Survey.asp?SurveyId=1,
and do so. Survey results will be presented at the 2005
SROA Annual Meeting in Denver.
ROPE
DATABASE
For information about our ASP quality assurance
database (ROPE), go to http://www.tmatech.com/rope.asp,
and view the brief power point presentation or take a look at
the Return on Investment document.
TMAT WEB
PORTAL
Register on the TMAT Web Portal, http://www.tmatech.com/service/register.asp.
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