Regulatory: Page 99

House Republicans question ONC regulation of HIT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Republican leaders in a U.S. House of Representatives committee are asking the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for clarification on its plans to regulate health IT.
June 4, 2014
Letter: VA scandal included radiology services in Texas
By Kate Madden Yee
The scandal rocking the U.S. Veterans Health Administration has a radiology aspect, according to a letter submitted in May to the VA Office of Inspector General by a retired physician from the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, who claims that the facility hid delays in medical imaging procedures.
June 3, 2014
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GE lands FDA nod for Invenia ABUS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has launched its Invenia automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system in the U.S. following receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
June 2, 2014
Congressional letter urges CMS to back CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Johnny Isakson have written a letter urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare coverage for CT lung screening.
June 1, 2014
BSD Medical wins marketing approval in Egypt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
BSD Medical's exclusive distributor in Egypt has obtained marketing and import license approval from the Egyptian Ministry of Health for the company's MicroThermX microwave ablation system.
May 28, 2014
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
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