Regulatory: Page 144

U.S. hospitals' use of HIT doubled in 24 months
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of hospitals in the U.S. using healthcare IT has more than doubled over the past two years, according to an announcement made last week by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
February 20, 2012
Elekta gets FDA OK for Fraxion head frame
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Fraxion head frame.
February 16, 2012
House passes SGR fix bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives on February 17 passed the payroll tax extension bill, which includes provisions to postpone Medicare cuts mandated by the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
February 16, 2012
Bracco resumes CardioGen shipments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bracco Diagnostics this week resumed shipments of its CardioGen-82 cardiac PET radiopharmaceutical after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved revised labeling for the product.
February 16, 2012
NIST requests EHRs to evaluate usability
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a request to obtain electronic health record (EHR) software from developers so that the agency can evaluate usability.
February 16, 2012
Aribex applauds FDA probe of handheld x-ray devices
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Aribex Nomad handheld x-ray devices are legal and not the subject of an investigation announced last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company announced.
February 16, 2012
Congress brokers 10-month SGR cut delay
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Congressional leaders have come to a provisional agreement to delay the 2012 implementation of the flawed Medicare physician payment formula, averting through the end of 2012 a 27% cut in physician payments that was scheduled to begin March 1.
February 15, 2012
Feds recover $4B from healthcare fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars during the 2011 fiscal year.
February 15, 2012
FDA clears Siemens angio software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared 3D angiography software from Siemens Healthcare.
February 15, 2012
Siemens gets FDA nod for Biograph mCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its new Biograph mCT PET/CT scanner.
February 14, 2012
FDA OKs Konica Minolta's Aero detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its AeroDR wireless 17 x 17-inch flat-panel digital detector.
February 14, 2012
MITA asks CMS to reconsider PET agents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has requested that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reconsider its national noncoverage decision (NCD) for PET tracers and remove exclusionary language that denies coverage for new PET imaging agents.
February 13, 2012
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