Medicolegal: Page 12

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

Mumbai MRI scanner back online after tragedy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nine months after a visitor to Nair Hospital in Mumbai was killed in an MRI accident, the scanner is back in operation on a limited basis.

October 24, 2018

U.S. agency to review ruling in Hologic, Fujifilm dispute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A U.S. trade agency has agreed to review a ruling made in a complaint filed as part of Hologic's patent infringement dispute against Fujifilm Medical Systems USA regarding mammography technology.

October 24, 2018

Calif. imaging center CEO arrested in $284M fraud scheme

By Brian Casey

The CEO of a group of Southern California imaging center companies has been arrested on charges that he ran an elaborate kickback scheme, in which doctors were paid for patient referrals within the state workers' compensation system.

October 10, 2018

Did VA hospitals cancel valid radiology orders to clear backlog?

By Brian Casey

Hospitals in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system may have canceled valid orders for radiology scans as part of an effort to clear a massive backlog of outdated imaging requests, according to an October 1 article from USA Today.

October 1, 2018

Week in Review: PACS legal woes | Golden rules of radiology | 4 trends at RSNA 2018

By Brian Casey

September 7, 2018

9 ways to reduce your legal exposure to PACS problems

By Herman Oosterwijk

There's no debate that PACS technology has had a huge (and largely positive) effect on radiology. But legal disputes related to PACS are unfortunately all too common. In a new column, imaging informatics expert Herman Oosterwijk discusses how you can reduce your legal exposure to PACS-related problems.

September 3, 2018

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