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MedPAC votes to repeal Medicare's SGR formula
By Kate Madden Yee
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted today to approve a proposal to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that governs Medicare payments. The move could be the first step in breaking an annual cycle of short-term fixes to the flawed SGR formula.
October 5, 2011
FDA clears GE's new wide-bore MRI unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared GE Healthcare's Discovery MR750w wide-bore 3-tesla system with the GEM Suite (geometry embracing method) of coils.
October 5, 2011
Varian promotes ASTRO spinal mets study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer Varian Medical Systems is highlighting results from a multi-institutional phase II clinical trial indicating that image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery can be an effective and feasible approach for treating up to three spinal metastases.
October 5, 2011
Merge taps Dell for cloud-based services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has selected Dell as its preferred provider of cloud computing services, storage and enterprise hardware products, and management and archiving.
October 5, 2011
FDA hits Columbia with warning letter over radiopharma drugs
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Columbia University Medical Center in New York City for allegedly failing to comply with FDA regulations on the use of radioactive drugs for human research.
October 5, 2011
BCBSA asks Congress for imaging preauthorization
By Kate Madden Yee
The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has submitted a proposal to Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that the insurer says will save the government more than $300 billion in healthcare costs in the Medicare system over the next 10 years -- in part by requiring the preauthorization of advanced imaging.
October 5, 2011
Carestream adds Vue install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has completed an installation of its Vue for Radiology software suite at Carolina Radiology Associates in Myrtle Beach, SC.
October 5, 2011
Merge unveils free image sharing network
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has introduced Merge Honeycomb, a free cloud-based medical imaging sharing service.
October 4, 2011
Fukuda Denshi launches color US system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Japanese medical instrument firm Fukuda Denshi has brought its UF-760AG color portable ultrasound scanner to the U.S.
October 4, 2011
Planmed gets FDA nod for FFDM unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Finnish medical imaging vendor Planmed has now added a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system to its U.S. portfolio of mammography systems.
October 4, 2011
Quantum wraps up Ohio DR install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has installed its DRX Series QV-800 digital universal system at Far Oaks Orthopedists in Miamisburg, OH.
October 4, 2011
IDSI lands another patent for CTLM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has received its 23rd U.S. patent for its CT laser mammography (CTLM) technology.
October 4, 2011
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