Medicolegal: Page 11

Mont. hospital pays $10M to settle radiology lawsuit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital in Montana paid $10 million in November 2018 to settle a federal lawsuit that charged the hospital with fraud connected to its provision of radiology services, according to a report in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

January 13, 2019

Most malpractice suits resolved in radiologists' favor

By Kate Madden Yee

Most radiologists are concerned about being named in a malpractice suit at some point in their career. But while half of radiologists will have been a malpractice defendant by the age of 60, a strong majority of malpractice claims that go to trial are decided in favor of radiologists.

January 2, 2019

Radiologists least likely to violate drug prescribing laws

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiologists were the least likely of the major medical specialties to be excluded from U.S. public insurance programs for fraud and unlawful prescribing or abuse of drugs, according to a study published online December 14 in JAMA Network Open.

December 17, 2018

Pittsburgh rad gets 2-year prison sentence in opioid case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has sentenced a radiologist to two years in prison followed by three years of probation for healthcare fraud and illegally distributing opioids.

December 13, 2018

Administrator convicted in Calif. fraud scheme

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Another conviction has been handed down in the case of a Southern California imaging center company accused of paying for patient referrals, this time to the firm's office administrator.

December 10, 2018

Spectrum Dynamics files lawsuit against GE

By Brian Casey

Molecular imaging technology developer Spectrum Dynamics has filed a lawsuit against GE Healthcare, charging GE with "theft and misappropriation" of its trade secrets and intellectual property regarding digital SPECT technology.

December 5, 2018

Hologic wins ruling against ex-employee, Chinese firm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic has been granted a preliminary injunction from a Commonwealth of Massachusetts court in its civil litigation against a former employee and Chinese x-ray equipment provider Direct Digital Imaging Technology.

November 29, 2018

Ky. bill lets radiologists again read black lung x-rays

By Brian Casey

Radiologists in Kentucky would once again be allowed to read x-rays of miners in the black lung screening program under a bill introduced in the state Legislature. The legislation comes amid a surge of black lung cases in Appalachia.

November 20, 2018

Mont. hospital, radiology group settle suit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bozeman Health has settled litigation that alleged the hospital made millions of dollars' worth of fraudulent claims to government healthcare programs as part of an illegal kickback scheme to retain a monopoly on radiology services, according to an article published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on November 11.

November 12, 2018

Pa. hospital faces suit for dirty ultrasound probes

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Pennsylvania hospital is facing legal action due to the discovery that improperly cleaned ultrasound probes were used on more than 200 patients, according to a report from CBS affiliate KDKA 2 in Pittsburgh.

November 4, 2018

Allstate sues NY imaging centers over charges

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Allstate Insurance has sued two imaging centers in New York, charging that the centers billed Allstate for more than $1 million in fraudulent charges, according to an article on LegalNewsLine.com.

November 4, 2018

Suit against Navidea dismissed

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A lawsuit filed against radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals by Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences has been dismissed.

October 31, 2018

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