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April 4, 2014 By
Echocardiography Experts Receive Special Distinction (February FASE designees)
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February 25, 2014 By
Echocardiography Experts Receive Special Distinction (December FASE designees)
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February 17, 2014 By
New French translated guideline available!
Read ASE’s latest translation in French, “Recommendations for Evaluation of the Severity of Native Valvular Regurgitation with Two-dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography,” and other translated guidelines at www.asecho.org/translations.
February 7, 2014 By
SGR Repeal Legislation Introduced
The “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014” bill was introduced in the House on February 6. This proposed language was agreed to by the Energy & Commerce, Ways & Means, and Senate Finance committees to repeal the SGR. The bill includes policy provisions; however the policy extenders and financial offsets are still to be negotiations.
A copy of the bill, a summary of the bill and an official section-by-section summary of the legislation can be found here.
January 16, 2014 By
Drastic cuts to hospital outpatient cardiac ultrasound proposed
Congress is now seriously considering funding the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Repeal bill in part with a 60% reduction in Medicare payment to hospital outpatient departments for echocardiography services, to the levels paid in physicians’ offices. Adoption of this cut would jeopardize the quality of echocardiography services provided in hospitals, jeopardize the jobs and working conditions of cardiac sonographers employed by hospitals, and put many hospital echo labs in the “red.” Read more here.
November 21, 2013 By
ASE Review Course’s preliminary program is now available
Join us at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel on May 11-13, 2014 to work one-on-one with the experts and gain the confidence needed for taking the National Board of Echocardiography, Inc.™ ASCeXAM® and ReASCE® examinations. In a recent survey, 97% of Review Course attendees said they passed the boards! View the preliminary program here and learn more by visiting www.asecho.org/ReviewCourse.
November 18, 2013 By
GE Healthcare receives FDA approval to manufacture Optison™ in-house
GE Healthcare receives FDA approval to manufacture OptisonTM in-house, ensuring more consistent supply to the market. Read the full press release here.
November 5, 2013 By
The fall issue of ECHO is now available!
The fall issue of ASE’s member news source, ECHO, is now available online. This issue takes a 360 degree view of echocardiography. Here’s a glimpse of what’s inside:
- ASE Asks the Executive Committee: “What Advice Would you Offer to Someone Entering Your Field?”
- Thinking about retirement? ASE’s investment advisors talk about what you should be thinking about now.
- Practice management information from MedAxiom, IAC Echocardiography, and more.
- Creating a ‘State-of-the-Art’ Echocardiography Center in Lagos, Nigeria
Be on the lookout for this engaging, informational, and entertaining news source landing in your mailbox soon. This is just another way ASE remains dedicated to pushing the field of echocardiography forward. Click here to start reading the new ECHO today.