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Neb. ultrasound tech gets prison in fondling case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An ultrasound technologist from Nebraska will spend the next four to five years in prison after accepting a plea deal in a case in which he was accused of fondling patients during ultrasound exams.
March 7, 2016
Fla. imaging center reports lost patient records
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Florida imaging practice Radiology Regional Center has recently informed patients of a privacy incident involving the potential loss of some of its paper records.
February 24, 2016
Md. imaging exec faces life in prison in fraud that led to 2 patient deaths
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a mobile imaging firm in Maryland has been convicted of healthcare fraud in which at least two patients died because their imaging studies were not read by a qualified radiologist.
February 24, 2016
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Mass. jury says Marlboro smokers don't need screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA is not obligated to pay for annual low-dose lung cancer CT screening for healthy smokers of Marlboro cigarettes, a Massachusetts federal jury decided on Wednesday, according to an article on Law360.
February 10, 2016
IsoRay posts mixed Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical added to both its revenue and net loss in the company's second quarter of fiscal 2016.
February 9, 2016
La. woman sought after making threat to hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sheriff's deputies in Louisiana are searching for a woman who allegedly threatened to shoot up a local hospital because she thought she received too much radiation there after a January visit, according to an article in The Advocate.
February 9, 2016
Despite x-ray patent suit, DRGEM marches forward
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
South Korean digital radiography manufacturer DRGEM issued a statement saying it disagrees with the jury's verdict in its patent infringement lawsuit with Spanish x-ray developer Sociedad Española de Electromedicina y Calidad (Sedecal) and is working to have the decision overturned.
February 7, 2016
Florida radiology firm to pay $9M to settle overbilling case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Tampa, FL-based Rose Radiology Centers will pay $8.7 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that it violated standards of medical care and billed for radiology procedures that were never performed, according to a January 29 story in the Tampa Bay Times.
January 31, 2016
Radiologist pleads guilty to drug charges
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologist from western New York state has pleaded guilty to charges that he wrote fraudulent prescriptions for painkillers, according to an article in the Buffalo News.
January 28, 2016
Sedecal claims victory in x-ray patent suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Spanish x-ray developer Sociedad Española de Electromedicina y Calidad (Sedecal) is claiming victory in its patent infringement case against South Korean digital radiography manufacturer DRGEM and its U.S. distributor Blue Ridge X-Ray.
January 28, 2016
Carestream touts patent haul in 2015
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health said it was awarded 61 new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and an additional 64 patents in European and Asian countries in 2015.
January 19, 2016
Radiologist nabbed in Calif. workers' comp fraud sting
By Brian Casey
A radiologist was among a number of healthcare providers arrested by investigators in Southern California in connection with an alleged scam that defrauded the state workers' compensation system of $25 million in improper claims.
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