Regulatory: Page 118

Meaningful use payments top $12B
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reported that federal payments to hospitals, physicians, and other eligible professionals for participating in the meaningful use electronic health record program reached $12.7 billion on February 28, 2013.
April 3, 2013
Elekta gets Japanese approval for Extend
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta said that the Japanese Health Authority has approved its Extend system for multisession stereotactic radiosurgery.
April 2, 2013
FDA clears Hitachi's 128-slice CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Scenaria Advanced 128-slice CT system.
April 2, 2013
Sequester Medicare cuts go into effect
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 2% reduction in reimbursement for Medicare's fee-for-service program went into effect on April 1, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
April 1, 2013
NC bill would require license for technologists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bill has been introduced in the North Carolina Legislature to require a license for personnel who perform medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures.
April 1, 2013
Calif. breast density bill goes into effect
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A California law that requires women in the state to be notified following a mammogram if they have dense breast tissue went into effect on April 1.
March 31, 2013
Massive Gamma Knife payment cut starts April 1
By Cynthia E. Keen
It may seem like an April Fools' Day joke, but it's a painful reality for users of the Gamma Knife radiation therapy system from Elekta. Starting April 1, they will be paid 58% less for procedures performed with the system.
March 31, 2013
New Texas radiation rule takes effect May 1
By Eric Barnes
Hoping to avoid the rash of radiation overexposures that shook California radiology like an earthquake a few years back, the state of Texas has decided to implement its own radiation exposure rule beginning May 1.
March 27, 2013
Md. releases results of Kwiatkowski case review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released the results of its review of the employment of David Kwiatkowski in Maryland hospitals, with recommendations for strengthening legal and regulatory protections in the areas of drug diversion, infection control, and hiring and managing healthcare workers.
March 26, 2013
Stereotaxis brings Niobe to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has received clearance for its Niobe magnetic navigation system from Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency.
March 24, 2013
Senate bill would undo 25% payment cut for multiple scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bipartisan team has introduced the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act (S 623) in the Senate. The bill would undo the 25% Medicare multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) for interpretation of advanced diagnostic imaging scans performed on a single patient during a single session.
March 24, 2013
Senate amendment would kill medical device tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An amendment to the Senate's 2014 budget proposal that supports repealing the medical device tax has passed the body with 79 votes, according to a statement from the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance.
March 21, 2013
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