Medicolegal: Page 26

Radiology antitrust trial begins in Kan.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A trial has commenced in a case brought by a radiologist against his former radiology group, according to a report published by Kansas City, MO, radio station KCUR.

May 5, 2015

Ky. x-ray tech pleads guilty to fraud charges

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A radiologic technologist from Kentucky pleaded guilty on May 2 to federal charges that he allowed an unlicensed individual to administer x-rays to Medicare and Medicaid patients from Kentucky and Ohio.

May 4, 2015

Cardinal Health to pay $26.8M to settle FTC charges

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardinal Health has agreed to pay $26.8 million as part of a settlement to resolve monopoly charges brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

April 20, 2015

NY radiologist arrested on prescription drug charges

By Brian Casey

A radiologist in western New York state has been arrested on charges that he allegedly distributed prescription drugs such as oxycodone and hydrocodone to several acquaintances between 2010 and 2014. Dr. Albert Cowie of Diagnostic Imaging Assoc. in Amherst faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

April 15, 2015

ND governor signs breast density bill into law

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The governor of North Dakota has signed a breast density reporting bill into law.

April 12, 2015

Trial date set in Australian 4D ultrasound case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An Australian woman charged with selling phony ultrasound photographs of unborn babies to expecting parents is set to go to trial.

April 8, 2015

Calif. woman awarded $28M in delayed MRI case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A California woman has been awarded more than $28 million by a jury that found that Kaiser Permanente doctors were negligent in delaying an MRI scan that could have detected an aggressive cancerous tumor.

March 30, 2015

Florida Hospital pays $5.4M to settle federal lawsuit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The company that operates the Florida Hospital health system has agreed to pay $5.4 million to settle charges filed by the U.S. government that it violated federal rules requiring supervision of radiation oncology services.

March 19, 2015

NCoBC: 3 ways nurse navigators can reduce your malpractice risk

By Kate Madden Yee

More money is paid out for breast cancer claims than for any other form of medical negligence, at $297 million per year, and radiologists are involved in 43% of these claims, according to a presentation at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCoBC) meeting in Las Vegas. So how can a breast center manage this risk?

March 17, 2015

No second chance: Lawsuits set to rise across the board

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

Radiology is one of the specialties most liable to claims based on medical malpractice, according to a presentation on Friday at ECR 2015 in Vienna. Radiologists can increase their awareness and knowledge of malpractice risks, as well as identify strategies that reduce the problems leading to malpractice litigation.

March 5, 2015

DR Systems awarded 7 patents

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS software developer DR Systems has been granted seven new U.S. patents.

February 8, 2015

How to recognize the impaired radiologist -- and what to do

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologists can be affected by the same illnesses as anyone else, from substance abuse to chronic infectious diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis. And just like anyone else, these illnesses can negatively affect their work, according to a paper published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

January 22, 2015

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