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Obama's 2013 budget mandates imaging preauthorization
By Kate Madden Yee
President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 U.S. budget would save Medicare and Medicaid nearly $5 billion over the next decade -- in part by requiring prior authorization for advanced diagnostic imaging services.
February 13, 2012
DR Systems adds to patent holdings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS software developer DR Systems has received another patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
February 12, 2012
Utah sends breast density bill to Senate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A committee in the Utah state Senate has approved legislation that would encourage that state's radiologists to include breast density data on mammogram results sent to patients.
January 30, 2012
The Profit Center: Part 23 -- Strategies for exclusive contracting
By Mark F. Weiss
In these turbulent times, it is more important than ever to strategically approach the way in which exclusive contracting and group structure and functions are intertwined. To simply keep on keeping on, thinking business success will follow, is folly, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss.
January 29, 2012
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Medicare fraud charges filed against 5 Pa. cardiologists
By Eric Barnes
A whistleblower suit filed this week in a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania alleges that cardiologists from two medical practices in the state defrauded Medicare by participating in illegal kickback schemes and performing unnecessary cardiac, vascular, and interventional procedures between 2001 and 2005.
January 23, 2012
Boston Scientific wins patent ruling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Boston Scientific said that U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in its favor in a patent infringement suit filed by Johnson & Johnson.
January 22, 2012
Newspaper takes on Mo. university for radiology referrals
By Kate Madden Yee
A Missouri newspaper is accusing University of Missouri Health Care of providing radiology services to patients without physician orders for those services. University officials, however, say the episode is simply an example of incomplete documentation for a small number of studies.
January 19, 2012
Toshiba names new VP for legal affairs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems announced it has named a new vice president and general counsel.
January 18, 2012
Carestream earns 47 U.S. patents in 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health and its subsidiaries received 47 patents in 2011 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for innovations in its radiology imaging and healthcare IT, dental imaging, and molecular imaging offerings.
January 11, 2012
U. of Iowa suspends pay for physician
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of Iowa has suspended salary payments to a nuclear medicine physician who has been embroiled in a personnel dispute with the school.
January 9, 2012
Feds file $150M fraud case against Mich. imaging firm
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. government has filed a $150 million complaint against a Michigan imaging company, charging it with allegedly violating federal Medicare rules requiring physician supervision of diagnostic tests, and with paying kickbacks to physicians for referrals.
January 8, 2012
DR Systems issued new patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS software developer DR Systems has received a patent for technology that relates to tracking portions of medical images that are displayed according to particular parameters, such as at a particular resolution.
January 2, 2012
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