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Trump signs spending bill with radiology payment changes
By Brian Casey
President Donald Trump on December 27 signed a massive federal spending bill that includes a number of changes to reimbursement for radiology and radiation therapy procedures. Trump's move resolves questions about whether the bill would become law after he questioned the size of COVID-19 aid payments.
December 27, 2020
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Trump comments throw fate of spending bill into doubt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
President Donald Trump late Tuesday night said he wants changes to the payment amounts for COVID-19 relief in an omnibus spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress on Monday. The legislation also includes several fixes to cuts in reimbursement for radiology and radiation oncology, raising questions about whether these changes will be enacted.
December 22, 2020
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Feds charge imaging center owner with $30M Medicare fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a radiology practice in New York City has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with fraudulent billing of more than $30 million in radiology services provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients that allegedly were never performed.
August 30, 2012
Pitt. radiologists take back the night -- and reap the rewards
By Kate Madden Yee
In 2007, University of Pittsburgh radiologists decided that using residents for overnight coverage of emergency department CT scans was a medical anachronism. Instead, they began offering after-hours subspecialty coverage themselves, and reported on their experience in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 28, 2012
Atlantis names Tessell to director's post
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atlantis Worldwide has named Norman Tessell as director of business development, imaging systems.
May 16, 2011
Siemens Healthcare taps new CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has appointed Dr. Gregory Sorensen as CEO of the company in the U.S., effective June 1. He will oversee Canadian operations for Siemens as well.
May 11, 2011
GE adds to executive lineup
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has named two new executives and launched a new Global Services business.
May 10, 2011
Medtronic signs GE veteran Ishrak
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has named imaging industry veteran Omar Ishrak as chairman and CEO, effective June 13.
May 10, 2011
U. of Iowa professor files lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A nuclear medicine physician involved in a dispute with his employer, the University of Iowa, has filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming that he was the victim of harassment, retaliation, and racial bias.
May 10, 2011
Unisyn invests in probe repair business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Unisyn Medical Technologies has begun an expansion of its ultrasound probe repair facilities and also added new executives.
May 9, 2011
ASRT names life member, fellows
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) will award life member status to Michael Ward, PhD, at its upcoming annual governance and house of delegates meeting in Albuquerque, NM, in June.
May 8, 2011
Ultrahigh-field MRI pioneer sets sights on stronger magnets
By Wayne Forrest
Ask J. Thomas Vaughan, PhD, if an MRI magnet can ever have too powerful of a field strength, and the answer is very likely to be "never." The ultrahigh-field MRI pioneer believes 7-tesla MRI could ultimately come into clinical use, and even envisions research MRI being done at 10.5 tesla.
May 2, 2011
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