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Tehelka.com has certainly lived up to its name, announcing itself last May with an exposé - using spy cameras - of corruption in the top ranks of Indian cricket, the national sport. Now the fledgling web site has stirred an even bigger storm by secretly filming politicians, bureaucrats, army officers and...
As if the dismal economics were not enough to scare off would-be radiologists, "failure to diagnose breast cancer" has become the profession's No. 1 malpractice expense. Mammograms, by their very nature, miss 10% to 15% of all breast cancers. That means that even the best radiologists won't...
Some answers may be forthcoming in the next few weeks. The American Cancer Society and the Society of Breast Imaging are busy analyzing data from a recently completed survey of radiologists and their waiting times. Harkin also hopes to hold hearings on the issue in May.
Over the years, the gap between cost and reimbursement has only grown wider. Today the Medicare rate for a mammogram stands at about $69, yet the cost incurred by the imaging centers can run anywhere from $100 to $150. "We're basically operating a charity," says Dr. Mark Dennis, a...
With the benefit of hindsight, another radiologist--say, one hired by a patient's lawyer--might very well be able to pick out the trace of an incipient malignancy on a mammogram that was previously marked clean. But that's hardly a fair test, say most practitioners. "You can't...