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Geisinger accepts hefty fine for mammo QA failure

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Geisinger Medical Group has been slapped with a $900,000 fine for failing to perform required equipment testing at its Lock Haven mammography clinic, according to a report in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette newspaper (March 2, 2006).

March 2, 2006

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 puts radiology through the grinder

By Kate Madden Yee

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 cuts Medicare reimbursement for imaging services by $2.8 billion over five years. The bill, which goes into effect January 1, 2007, will have a dramatic impact on radiology in the U.S., and has the outpatient imaging industry scrambling to figure out how the law's massive cuts will affect their operations.

March 2, 2006

U.S. agencies launch biomarker initiative

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Food and Drug Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this month announced a new initiative to collaborate on improving the development of cancer therapies and the outcomes for cancer patients through biomarker development and evaluation.

March 1, 2006

Professor Adam looks at ECR 2006 and beyond

By Eric Barnes

As the curtain rises on the European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2006), AuntMinnie.com is pleased to bring you a conversation with this year's president, professor Andy Adam from the U.K. The professor of interventional radiology at King's College London talks about the meeting ahead, organizational changes in the ECR, interventional radiology, the National Health Service, and more in our exclusive interview.

March 1, 2006

SNM disburses technologist, physician grants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) recently awarded $58,000 in scholarships and grants for molecular/nuclear medicine technologist students.

February 27, 2006

Experts' reactions to AHRQ breast imaging report range from 'ho hum' to 'dangerous'

By Shalmali Pal

A recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report stated that alternative breast imaging modalities were not a viable alternative to breast biopsy. The report had the potential to stir up serious trouble, but given the controversy that generally permeates breast cancer screening, the report's conclusions seemed to have landed with a particular thud among breast imaging experts.

February 26, 2006