The legal advice of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR) has advised members that it is possible to hire both a radiology technician or technologist and a biomedical doctor to operate radiological devices, including magnetic resonance imaging in this group. Regarding the radiology technician and technologist, the possibility of … Continue lendo
The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR) has received alerts from some members regarding some health operators, which have reduced the values of certain procedures or even a percentage reduction on the total amount billed. Code changes or glosses of previously authorized procedures have also occurred. A … Continue lendo
The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR), considering the relevant demand from public and private institutions regarding the minimum interval time for scheduling exams and the average time for performing Ultrasound exams, thus considering it to be notorious that both the average time for scheduling exams … Continue lendo
The Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) expresses its full support for the moratorium decreed by the Ministry of Education, which prohibits the creation of new medical schools in the country for a period of five years. The measure was one of the claims taken by the AMB to the ministry, in meetings held in October. The aim is to solve… Continue lendo
The Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) recently released the update of the Operating Cost Unit present in the Brazilian Hierarchical Classification of Medical Procedures (CBHPM), which is an important reference in the Brazilian health market and also recognized by the supplementary health system for creating the Terminology Supplementary Health Unified Health System (TUSS), in addition to being used as … Continue lendo
The National Mammography Commission of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR), Brazilian Society of Mastology (SBM) and Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations (Febrasgo) advises that breast evaluation by ultrasound should include the breasts and underarms, according to the guidelines of the new BI-RADS® (5th edition, 2013). We recommend to … Continue lendo
The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR) will be present with a stand at the 103rd edition of the Congress of the Society of Radiology of North America (RSNA), which will take place between November 26th and December 1st, in Chicago, in the United States. The space will be a meeting point and reference … Continue lendo
Estúdio CBR, a program broadcast live on Workplace, in which specialists discuss the most varied subjects related to radiology on a weekly basis, has been a great success. Presented by the President of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR), Dr. Manoel de Souza Rocha, and by the director of the entity, Dr. Rogério Caldana, the program … Continue lendo
The Update Course of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR) in partnership with its affiliated state associations will be held on March 23 and 24, simultaneously in 18 Brazilian capitals. In its ninth year, the event is considered an itinerant congress, divided into different venues, due to the number of classes … Continue lendo
From December 4th, the V Update Course of the Inter-American College of Radiology (CIR) will be held, whose theme will be “Thyroid Imaging Diagnosis: from A to Z”. The activity will be online and will last 15 days, ending on December 20th. Applications can be made up to… Continue lendo
