Regulatory: Page 111

CMS issues final 'cost-centers' rule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 2 implemented its controversial new policy changing the way it accounts for costs in its hospital inpatient prospective payment system.
August 5, 2013
MITA takes issue with IPPS final rule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is criticizing the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule.
August 5, 2013
Philips gets FDA nod for rad therapy planning module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Pinnacle3 proton treatment planning module.
August 4, 2013
GE takes aim at breast tomosynthesis market
By Kate Madden Yee
GE Healthcare has long been one of the top two mammography firms, but the company until now hasn't had an offering in the cutting-edge breast tomosynthesis segment. That is changing, however: The firm has begun shipping its SenoClaire tomosynthesis system in Europe and has put the final touches on a regulatory application in the U.S.
August 4, 2013
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Hologic gets FDA nod for single-energy femur scan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its single-energy femur exam, which detects atypical femur fractures on a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) bone densitometer.
August 1, 2013
NEC nets FDA OK for MultiSync monitor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEC Display Solutions of America has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its 21-inch MultiSync MD211G5 medical-grade monitor.
August 1, 2013
GAO report points to prostate cancer IMRT self-referral
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has linked the growth in prostate cancer-related intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to physician self-referral.
August 1, 2013
FDA to consider adding breast density to MQSA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its regulations governing mammography to include breast density reporting to the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), the agency stated in the Federal Register.
July 31, 2013
House committee passes SGR repeal legislation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee has unanimously passed legislation to repeal and replace the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR), according to the American College of Radiology.
July 31, 2013
Calif. rep to propose Stark exception antidote
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) plans to introduce legislation that would remove some healthcare services -- including advanced diagnostic imaging -- from the exemption to federal anti-self-referral laws.
July 31, 2013
MR Instruments gets clearance for coil suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI coil developer MR Instruments has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance, the European CE Mark, and Health Canada approval for its 1.5-tesla DuoFlex coil suite.
July 30, 2013
GE wraps up breast tomosynthesis PMA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has sent the final module of a premarket approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its GE Breast Tomosynthesis option.
July 29, 2013
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