Regulatory: Page 80

ACR endorses bill to repeal MPPR payment reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is supporting a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Congress to prospectively repeal the existing 25% Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) for Medicare reimbursement.
April 28, 2015
VuCOMP submits PMA for breast tomo CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer VuCOMP has submitted a premarket approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its CAD software for digital breast tomosynthesis.
April 22, 2015
Siemens gets U.S. approval for breast tomo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a digital breast tomosynthesis add-on option to its Mammomat Inspiration digital mammography platform.
April 22, 2015
U.S. senator calls for mammo reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is calling on U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to ensure the continued availability of free mammograms for women 40 years and older.
April 22, 2015
Rayence DR unit gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography (DR) technology developer Rayence's RU-3000 universal DR system has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
April 22, 2015
Cardinal Health to pay $26.8M to settle FTC charges
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health has agreed to pay $26.8 million as part of a settlement to resolve monopoly charges brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
April 20, 2015
USPSTF rejects expanded breast screening guidelines
By Brian Casey
In a move that is already drawing fire from breast screening proponents, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on Monday declined to expand its recommendation on which women should receive regular mammography screening, instead issuing a draft of new breast screening guidelines that largely hew to its more conservative guidance from 2009.
April 19, 2015
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President signs SGR fix into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. President Barack Obama on April 16 signed into law legislation that permanently replaces Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, according to the White House press secretary.
April 16, 2015
HHS to award $1M in grants for HIE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced $1 million in grant funding to support community projects for the Community Interoperability and Health Information Exchange (HIE) Program.
April 14, 2015
Senate passes bill repealing Medicare's SGR formula
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Senate on April 14 passed legislation that permanently repeals Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in a final vote of 92 to 8, just hours before a 21% cut in physician payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule would have been implemented.
April 14, 2015
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Synaptive Medical gets FDA OK for navigation device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
3D visualization firm Synaptive Medical has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its BrightMatter Guide surgical navigation system.
April 8, 2015
Philips recalls over 400 CT scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has issued a class 2 device recall for more than 400 of its CT scanners due to a software defect, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
April 2, 2015
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