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NY mobile imaging firm hit by OIG investigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile imaging services provider Precision Health of Staten Island, NY, improperly claimed at least $332,000 in Medicare reimbursement for unallowable portable x-ray services, according to an investigation by the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG).
June 13, 2016
ACR backs bill to extend mammo screening coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is putting its weight behind a bill that would extend the requirement that insurance companies cover mammography screening for women ages 40 to 50.
June 9, 2016
Draft Canadian law would allow private CT payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A proposed law in Canada's Saskatchewan province would allow people to pay for their own CT scans, outside of the national health system.
June 9, 2016
Canadian keepsake ultrasound firm won't face charges
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Canadian keepsake ultrasound company won't face criminal action for providing expecting mothers with replica 3D images rather than the actual 3D ultrasound scans of their babies, according to a report by CBC News.
June 6, 2016
2 U.S. states adopt technologist licensure laws
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Tennessee and New Hampshire have joined the ranks of U.S. states that have enacted radiologic technologist licensure laws.
May 31, 2016
NJ chiropractor faces prison in RayScam case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A chiropractor from New Jersey faces up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to accepting bribes for patient referrals to an imaging center at the middle of a case officials have called Operation RayScam.
May 26, 2016
Vt. governor signs breast density notification bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont has signed a breast density notification bill into law, according to Are You Dense Advocacy.
May 25, 2016
NH passes sonography licensure bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gov. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire has signed into law a sonographer licensure bill, according to the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
May 25, 2016
Canadian keepsake ultrasound firm cops to replica scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A keepsake ultrasound service in Ontario has admitted to providing expecting mothers with replica 3D images rather than the actual 3D ultrasound scans of their babies -- but blamed the mix-up on a computer virus, according to a report on CTVNews.ca.
May 17, 2016
SC governor signs breast density bill into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gov. Nikki Haley has signed South Carolina's breast density notification bill into law, making the state the 27th in the U.S. to enact such legislation.
May 12, 2016
CT scan mix-up leads to $6M settlement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A patient at a Pennsylvania hospital whose CT exam was mixed up with that of another patient has been awarded $6 million in damages due to an unnecessary surgery, according to a report in the Delaware County Daily Times.
May 4, 2016
U.S. drops charges in Iran MRI coil export case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Charges have been dismissed against an Iranian-born scientist accused of illegally trying to export an MRI coil to Iran four years ago.
May 2, 2016
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