Regulatory: Page 116

Given gets approval for PillCam in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule endoscopy developer Given Imaging has received regulatory clearance to sell its PillCam Colon product in Japan.
July 16, 2013
Groups decry medical device excise tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturers have now paid an estimated $1 billion to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for the medical device excise tax, according to several groups representing medical device manufacturers.
July 15, 2013
Japanese government reimburses for PEM scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan announced that its Japanese distributor, SCETI, has received notification of reimbursement approval for Naviscan's positron emission mammography (PEM) scanner.
July 14, 2013
ACR comments on draft SGR repeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has thrown its support behind a draft bill that would repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for determining Medicare reimbursement.
July 14, 2013
Sectra registers dose-tracking software with FDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm Sectra has registered its Sectra DoseTrack dose-tracking software with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
July 9, 2013
2014 MPFS, HOPPS proposals are a mixed bag
By Kate Madden Yee
Proposed new Medicare payment rates for 2014 were released on July 8 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and they're a mixed bag for providers of imaging services. The agency has continued to cut reimbursement for most imaging procedures, but at a lower rate than in the past.
July 9, 2013
MPFS for 2014 includes good and bad news
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 8 released a Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule for 2014.
July 8, 2013
Fla. law allows teleradiology for Medicaid patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere said that a new Florida law enables remote teleradiology interpretation of radiology studies for Medicaid patients in the state.
July 8, 2013
GE recalls gamma cameras after fatal accident
By Brian Casey
In the wake of a fatal accident in which a patient was crushed by one of its gamma cameras, GE Healthcare has advised users of many of its nuclear medicine systems to stop using the products until they have been inspected by GE service engineers.
July 8, 2013
SNMMI disagrees with CMS PET decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) expressed its disappointment with the July 3 draft decision from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the use of beta-amyloid PET imaging agents.
July 8, 2013
Lilly 'disappointed' with CMS draft decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals are expressing disappointment in the July 3 draft decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that stopped short of fully endorsing PET beta-amyloid imaging for dementia or neurodegenerative disease.
July 4, 2013
NRC accepts Shine's isotope permit application
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review the first part of medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies' construction permit application.
July 3, 2013
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