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NCAA reaches $70M concussion settlement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has settled litigation that calls for the group to provide $70 million for concussion testing of current and former NCAA student-athletes.
July 30, 2014
Ala. hospital, docs to pay $25M to settle claims
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A healthcare system in Alabama and a physician group practice have agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle claims made by the U.S. government that they violated federal antikickback laws.
July 28, 2014
JAMA: Interstate medical licenses would boost telemedicine
By Erik L. Ridley
A proposal that would make it easier for physicians to get medical licenses across state lines could potentially boost access to care in underserved areas and stimulate the growth of telemedicine, according to a column published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
July 28, 2014
Kan. Senate candidate lands in more hot water
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Kansas radiologist running for the U.S. Senate has run afoul of the state's medical licensing board, which has launched an investigation into charges that he improperly posted gruesome photos of gunshot victims to a social media site.
July 23, 2014
X-ray tech pleads guilty to reading imaging exams
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An x-ray technician who became vice president of a Maryland-based portable x-ray provider has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud that has cost Medicare more than $2.5 million, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
July 22, 2014
Breast density bill introduced in U.S. Senate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) on July 17 introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate that would require mammogram reports to include whether a woman has dense tissue.
July 16, 2014
Australian health service finds lapse in x-ray reporting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Queensland Government in Australia said it has been asked to appoint an independent expert to review issues associated with plain x-ray reporting at Gold Coast University and Robina hospitals.
July 14, 2014
Reducing CT malpractice risk: Simple, but not easy?
By Kate Madden Yee
Malpractice risk is part of practicing medicine, and although radiologists are less likely than most physicians to be hit with malpractice claims, radiologists still have a 50% likelihood of being sued by the time they turn 60.
July 10, 2014
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Mass. governor signs breast density bill into law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a breast density reporting bill into law.
June 26, 2014
NY radiology group hit with patient data breach
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New York radiology group NRAD Medical Assoc. has been informing some of its patients that their personal information may have been accessed without authorization by a radiologist formerly employed by the group.
June 25, 2014
Idaho radiology practice wins $52M lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Idaho Supreme Court has affirmed a jury verdict in MRI Associates' $52 million lawsuit versus Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
June 23, 2014
NJ officials: Luxury cars seized after imaging fraud bust
By Brian Casey
New Jersey investigators said that Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars were among the items seized from the 9,000-sq-ft mansion of an individual charged with running a scheme that allegedly paid physicians kickbacks for Medicaid referrals.
June 22, 2014
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