Regulatory: Page 135

AMA contacts Congress to stop imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Medical Association (AMA) said it recently contacted two congressmen, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX), to push for their support in passing the Diagnostic Imaging Services Protection Act, legislation sponsored by the American College of Radiology.
August 29, 2012
ACR notes concern over stage 2 meaningful use rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has expressed concern about the final stage 2 meaningful use rules released last week.
August 27, 2012
CMS schedules amyloid PET review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled a meeting for January 30, 2013, to review evidence on the use of beta-amyloid PET imaging for managing dementia and neurodegenerative disease.
August 27, 2012
ONC launches stage 2 meaningful use Web page
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced it has created a new Web page on HealthIT.gov to provide information about the stage 2 meaningful use rule and requirements for adopting electronic health records.
August 27, 2012
HHS postpones ICD-10 compliance deadline to 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has postponed the compliance date by one year -- to October 2014 -- for healthcare organizations to convert to the ICD-10 guidelines for coding and reporting. The original compliance date was October 1, 2013.
August 26, 2012
FDA to review Hologic breast tomo extension
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to review an application by women's imaging vendor Hologic for an expansion of the clinical indications for its Selenia Dimensions 3D digital breast tomosynthesis mammography system.
August 23, 2012
CMS releases final rule for stage 2 meaningful use
By Erik L. Ridley
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule for stage 2 meaningful use, which now includes the viewing of medical images as a menu item in the U.S. government's healthcare IT stimulus program.
August 22, 2012
Toshiba Aquilion RXL nets FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Aquilion RXL CT scanner.
August 22, 2012
3 hepatitis C cases in Kan. linked to Kwiatkowski
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kansas health authorities say they have identified three patients so far who have been infected with a strain of hepatitis C that is closely related to the one found in patients in New Hampshire who are believed to have been infected by former radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski.
August 22, 2012
FDA clears Toshiba's Titan 1.5-tesla MR scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new Vantage Titan 1.5-tesla MR series of scanners, which includes eight-, 16-, and 32-channel MR systems.
August 21, 2012
Positron gets FDA nod for coronary software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a software application for coronary flow reserve quantification developed by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
August 20, 2012
Neusoft nets ISO, CE Mark for Attrius
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Neusoft Positron Medical Systems has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification and CE Mark approval for its Attrius PET systems.
August 20, 2012
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