Medicolegal: Page 16

Del. MRI center to pay $16M in contrast case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. authorities have announced that an imaging center in Delaware will pay $16.2 million for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement for MRI contrast studies that weren't supervised by physicians.
January 30, 2018
Probe into MRI-related death focuses on safety training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An investigation into the death of a man pulled into the bore of an MRI scanner in India has found that two hospital employees who were at the scene were not from the radiology department, and they weren't trained on proper MRI safety protocols.
January 29, 2018
Court rules that DTI-MRI scans are not 'junk science'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal court has ruled that diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) scans are not "junk science" and are admissible in court as evidence of traumatic brain injury.
January 29, 2018
Indian man carrying oxygen tank dies in MRI suite
By Wayne Forrest
A visit to see his mother-in-law in a state-run hospital in India turned tragic for an Indian man who was killed when an oxygen cylinder he was carrying pulled him into the bore of an MRI scanner.
January 28, 2018
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Ohio doctors indicted for unnecessary imaging tests
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two Ohio physicians have been indicted for performing unnecessary medical procedures -- including imaging tests -- to defraud insurers, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
January 25, 2018
Imaging center accused of withholding patient records
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiology imaging center in Franklin, TN, that has closed its doors has been charged with refusing to provide health records to patients without additional payment, say local news reports.
January 18, 2018
Mass. radiology group loses data for 9K patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology group Charles River Medical Assoc. in Framingham, MA, lost a personal hard drive believed to contain the personal information and x-ray images of more than 9,000 patients who received bone density scans within the past eight years, according to a January 8 report by the MetroWest Daily News.
January 8, 2018
Suit alleges that Duke, UNC signed noncompete pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Duke University in Durham, NC, and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill have agreed not to hire each other's doctors in an effort to reduce competition and costs, according to a federal lawsuit brought against the two institutions, the Associated Press reported.
January 3, 2018
Beverly Hills radiologist convicted in kickback scheme
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologist from Beverly Hills, CA, was convicted last week on charges that he paid kickbacks for patient referrals for a variety of services, including MRI scans, according to an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
December 17, 2017
MRI sent to Guantanamo Bay for trial not functioning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The mobile MRI unit leased by the Pentagon for $370,000 to scan the brain of alleged terrorist Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is not working, according to a report by the Miami Herald.
November 16, 2017
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By Brian Casey
November 6, 2017
Bracco declines comment on Norris gadolinium lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bracco Imaging has declined to comment on a lawsuit brought by actor Chuck Norris and his wife Gena that alleges the company's MRI gadolinium-based contrast agents are the cause of Gena's severe health problems.
November 2, 2017
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