Breast density legislation: Mandatory disclosure to patients, alternative screening, billing, reimbursement

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-260

  Ray, Kimberly M ^a   Price, Elissa R ^a   Joe, Bonnie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast density; Legislation; Mammography

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LEGAL LIABILITY; PATHOLOGY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84928558597     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13558     Document Type: Review

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