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USP schedules forum on PET drugs regulation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) will take public comment on February 21 at 1:00 p.m. EST on proposed revisions to quality assurance standards for the production and compounding of PET drugs.
February 3, 2011
Settlement calls for radiologists to divest CareCore stakes
By Kate Madden Yee
Within a month after an $11 million antitrust verdict was handed down against radiology benefits management firm CareCore National, the company has entered into an agreement with the New York attorney general under which radiologists who own stakes in CareCore are to divest their interests.
February 3, 2011
CMS makes imaging demo project awards; Blumenthal to leave ONC
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. government dropped two bombshells on the healthcare IT community on Thursday. First, it announced the recipients of awards for an eagerly awaited project on the use of clinical decision support for ordering radiology studies. Then, it announced that David Blumenthal, MD, is leaving as chief of the agency charged with directing federal health IT policy.
February 2, 2011
Senate fails to repeal healthcare reform bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the centerpiece of President Obama's healthcare reform program.
February 2, 2011
FDA approves F-18 NaF for PET bone scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) for PET bone scans, according to the National Cancer Institute.
February 2, 2011
Stage 2 'meaningful use' proposal spurns radiology -- again
By Cynthia E. Keen
Imaging providers hoping to get a piece of U.S. stimulus funds for adopting healthcare IT might be feeling spurned. The federal agency overseeing the program has once again omitted radiology in the draft proposal of stage 2 "meaningful use" criteria required to become eligible for the funds.
February 2, 2011
Article on digital mammography dismays backers of breast imaging
By Brian Casey
A new report published this week has harsh words for digital mammography, saying the technology was adopted due to heavy industry lobbying and is costing the U.S. Medicare system millions more than film-based imaging, despite an alleged lack of evidence that it's any better for older women.
February 1, 2011
FDA OKs IND for targeted PET probes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an investigational new drug application (IND) for an ultrasmall silica inorganic nanoparticle platform for targeted molecular imaging of cancer.
January 31, 2011
Sectra MicroDose nets Canadian OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has received clearance to market its Sectra MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography system in Canada.
January 31, 2011
CMS to reimburse for NaF-PET scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will reimburse sites participating in the National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry for F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) PET scans, beginning February 7.
January 31, 2011
CMS solicits input on imaging data reporting program
By Kate Madden Yee
In a meeting on January 31, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) solicited input on whether to add new imaging exams to a data reporting program designed to track imaging efficiency. Radiology was there to share its opinion -- including a suggestion that CMS look closely at physician self-referral.
January 31, 2011
Report: MRI safety at VA hospitals could be better
By Brian Casey
Most MRI facilities in a survey of sites in the Veterans Health Administration maintained good MRI safety practices, but there is room for improvement, according to a report issued this week by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
January 26, 2011
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