From the July 2021 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


“After worrying patients would delay screening, providers can find out how many cancers were actually delayed in being diagnosed,” Crane said.

Koning Corporation
Koning continues to market its Koning Breast CT (KBCT) system. On January 1, six new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes were put into use after approval by the American Medical Association, providing the first step toward reimbursement for breast CT in place of a diagnostic mammographic workup.
Facilities now use the system after the screening mammogram when diagnostic workup is required. Prior to dedicated codes, facilities were required to use unlisted codes, making reimbursement uncertain.

“We are getting a significant uptick in use and greater reimbursement per patient,” said David Georges, president of the company’s USA division. “We anticipate that the option of breast CT will ramp up.”

The company is performing a study in advance of seeking FDA approval to use the system for breast cancer screening.

Medical Scientific
Medical Scientific recently received a CE Mark for its new line of Harmonia digital mammography systems. The product line includes three models: an entry-level 2D system, a 2D system that’s upgradable for digital breast tomosynthesis and a digital breast tomosynthesis system.

The new systems feature an improved detector with a large dynamic range and improved image acquisition software.

The detector has the highest resolution for mammography with a small pixel size of 49.5 microns, said Steven Veyland, chief operating officer of Medical Scientific, allowing it to resolve smaller details at an earlier stage.

“We were also able to develop a new way of image acquisition,” Veyland said. “It captures images at different dynamic range for enhanced imaging of both 2D and Tomosynthesis.”

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