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Florida RT gets 30 years for tampering with syringes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Former radiologic technologist (RT) Steven Beumel has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for one count of tampering with a consumer product resulting in death, four counts of tampering with a consumer product resulting in serious bodily injury, and five counts of stealing fentanyl by deception, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.
September 11, 2012
News report: Kwiatkowski investigated in 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A news report indicates that former New Hampshire radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski was investigated in 2006 in Michigan on suspicion that he stole fentanyl while working for the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
August 30, 2012
Feds charge imaging center owner with $30M Medicare fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a radiology practice in New York City has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with fraudulent billing of more than $30 million in radiology services provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients that allegedly were never performed.
August 30, 2012
AMA contacts Congress to stop imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Medical Association (AMA) said it recently contacted two congressmen, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX), to push for their support in passing the Diagnostic Imaging Services Protection Act, legislation sponsored by the American College of Radiology.
August 29, 2012
Varian files suit against Elekta
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court against radiation oncology firm Elekta, claiming that Elekta employees improperly gained access to Varian trade secret information, Elekta said.
August 28, 2012
Report leads Univ. of Iowa to fire nuclear medicine physician
By Brian Casey
The University of Iowa has terminated the employment of Dr. Malik Juweid, a nuclear medicine physician who has been embroiled in a personnel dispute with the university's department of radiology. Juweid's termination came after a report that detailed what investigators called a pattern of disruptive behavior at the university.
August 23, 2012
3 hepatitis C cases in Kan. linked to Kwiatkowski
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kansas health authorities say they have identified three patients so far who have been infected with a strain of hepatitis C that is closely related to the one found in patients in New Hampshire who are believed to have been infected by former radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski.
August 22, 2012
Houston radiologist settles with justice dept.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Houston radiologist Dr. Jack Baker has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle claims that he violated the False Claims Act, antikickback and Stark laws, and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act between 2002 and 2010.
August 14, 2012
Thieves make off with x-ray film
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Police in Virginia Beach, FL, are investigating the theft of more than 200 lb of x-ray film from a hospital, apparently by thieves who wanted to extract silver from the film.
August 13, 2012
Mont. radiologists sue hospital in Helena
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiology practice in Helena, MT, has sued the city's local hospital over credentialing privileges, a regional newspaper reported on August 13.
August 13, 2012
Mass. health reform has not improved mammo rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Health insurance reform in Massachusetts has not led to better mammography screening rates or earlier detection of breast cancer, according to a study published online in Cancer.
August 9, 2012
Were warning signs missed in traveling technologist case?
By Brian Casey
A patchwork of regulation

The Kwiatkowski case highlights the patchwork of regulation governing allied health professionals, as well as the challenges faced by existing credentialing organizations in investigating personnel incidents that hospitals might prefer to keep under wraps. There are multiple channels for obtaining and maintaining a technologist's license, and there is no national database or clearinghouse for all allied healthcare workers that can quickly disseminate news of a disciplinary action to all the states, associations, and employers that might need to know about it.
August 8, 2012
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