Regulatory: Page 115

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
Imaging groups decry looming NIH funding cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Several groups representing imaging research organizations are expressing concern about the effects of sequestration cuts on imaging research at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
July 23, 2013
NC enacts breast density law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on July 23 signed legislation that directs healthcare facilities that perform mammography examinations to provide patients with information on their breast density.
July 23, 2013
GOP doctors urge House to preserve in-office exception
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Republican Doctors Caucus is urging Congress not to repeal the in-office ancillary services exception to federal physician self-referral regulations.
July 22, 2013
IMRIS lands FDA nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for Visius iCT, a ceiling-mounted intraoperative CT scanner.
July 21, 2013
Cuts on top of cuts: 2014 Medicare rates slash CT, MR payments
By Kate Madden Yee
One of the nuggets found in the recently proposed 2014 Medicare payment rates for hospitals is a change that would slash reimbursement for the technical component of CT and MRI scans by as much as 38% and 19%, respectively.
July 21, 2013
MITA criticizes HOPPS proposal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is critical of recent payment changes proposed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
July 17, 2013
CMS: Meaningful use driving EHR adoption
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that federal incentive payments under the meaningful use program are driving the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), which are reducing errors and communicating data to patients.
July 16, 2013
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