Regulatory: Page 96

RI governor signs breast density bill into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed breast density reporting legislation into law on May 28, making Rhode Island the 17th state to adopt this type of legislation.
May 28, 2014
Minn. signs breast density notification bill into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed breast density reporting legislation into law on May 21, making Minnesota the 16th state to adopt this type of legislation.
May 27, 2014
RaySearch gets 510(k) clearance for pencil-beam option
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RaySearch has received 510(k) clearance for a pencil-beam scanning option for its RayStation 4.0 treatment planning system for proton therapy.
May 22, 2014
CT lung screening would cost Medicare $10B, study finds
By Eric Barnes
A new model-based study of National Lung Screening Trial results predicts that implementing CT lung cancer screening in the Medicare population will identify more cancers -- and at earlier, curable stages -- but the costs to Medicare will be substantial.
May 22, 2014
AMIC criticizes MedPAC's proposed cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) has voiced its opposition to hospital outpatient payment reductions for diagnostic imaging services proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
May 21, 2014
CMS, ONC revise meaningful use plans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S government has published a proposed rule to provide more flexibility in how certified electronic health record (EHR) technology is used to meet meaningful use requirements.
May 20, 2014
Referring doc gets prison in Orange MRI scam
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An internal medicine physician who took cash kickbacks for referring patients to Orange Community MRI has been sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement.
May 18, 2014
Joint Commission delays imaging standards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Joint Commission has delayed the implementation of new and revised diagnostic imaging standards that were to take effect July 1, 2014, with additional changes to be phased in by 2015.
May 15, 2014
Outpatient echo code bundling has unintended effects
By Kate Madden Yee
When Medicare began code bundling for echocardiography scans in 2009, the move produced a sharp drop in outpatient claims from cardiologists -- which was expected. But the success of code bundling could have unintended effects for both echocardiography and other imaging exams, according to a study in the May Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 14, 2014
Dr. David C. Levin.
FDA OKs 2 Siemens CT scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 16- and 32-slice iterations of its Somatom Perspective CT system.
May 13, 2014
FDA clears Esaote's ultrasound Virtual Navigator
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Esaote has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market and sell its Virtual Navigator ultrasound fusion imaging software.
May 11, 2014
CMS shares update on EHR incentive programs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid out more than $22.9 billion in incentive payments over the first four years of its electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs, CMS officials said on Tuesday.
May 7, 2014
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