Regulatory: Page 257

ACR to pitch Congress on 'designated physician imagers' for Medicare
By Tracie L. Thompson
As a more comprehensive response to spiraling costs fueled by nonradiologist self-referral, the American College of Radiology is proposing that Congress place limits on who can provide imaging to Medicare patients.
January 5, 2005
Valleylab gets FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Valleylab, a business unit of Tyco Healthcare Group, said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued marketing clearance for its Cool-tip RF ablation system.
January 4, 2005
Imalux Niris gets FDA nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical coherence tomography firm Imalux said its Niris Imaging System recently received market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
January 4, 2005
ArthroCare gets FDA nod for vertebroplasty product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm ArthroCare of Sunnyvale, CA, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its Parallax Acrylic Resin with Tracers bone cement opacifier.
December 27, 2004
Resonant gets 510(k)
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy device manufacturer Resonant Medical said that its Restitu 3D ultrasound image-guided radiation therapy platform has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.
December 20, 2004
BrainLab reports new reimbursement code
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy developer BrainLab said that users of its ExacTrac X-Ray 6D image-guided radiation therapy system can now receive Medicare reimbursement.
December 20, 2004
NEMA releases DICOM update
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has released a 16-part update to the DICOM standard.
December 20, 2004
Medicare to expand carotid artery stenting coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it intends to extend Medicare coverage of carotid artery stenting to patients who are at high risk if they were to undergo carotid endarterectomy (CEA).
December 19, 2004
MammoSite gets HCPCS codes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer Proxima Therapeutics said that its MammoSite balloon catheter device has been assigned new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for placement of the product.
December 15, 2004
HIMSS releases device disclosure statement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has published a Manufacturers Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security, a form completed by manufacturers that healthcare providers can use to assess medical device security risks.
December 15, 2004
NEMA releases patching white paper
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The joint NEMA/COCIR/JIRA Security and Privacy Committee (SPC) has issued a white paper on the patching of off-the-shelf software used in medical information systems.
December 15, 2004
Siemens DynaCT cleared by FDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has received FDA clearance for DynaCT, which allows its Axiom Artis FD systems to perform angiographic CT-like studies.
December 2, 2004
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