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Ill. attorney general files lawsuit against CT scanning chain
By Brian Casey
The Illinois attorney general has filed a lawsuit against whole-body CT scanning chain Heart Check America, charging the company with deceptive marketing practices in pitching "preventive" CT scans to otherwise healthy Illinois residents.
June 22, 2011
Texas dense breast law signed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Texas has become the second U.S. state to mandate the inclusion of breast density risk language in reports sent to women after their mammograms.
June 21, 2011
Calif. radiologist accused of $17M insurance fraud
By Kate Madden Yee
A California radiologist and three of his employees have been accused of a workers' compensation insurance fraud scheme involving more than $17 million in overbilling for unnecessary or never-performed procedures, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed on Monday.
June 13, 2011
Fla. center to pay $3M to settle false-claims charges
By Kate Madden Yee
A Florida imaging center has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that it filed false Medicare claims that violated Stark law prohibitions on physician self-referral, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
June 8, 2011
Breast density bills advance in Texas, Calif.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation that would mandate that women be informed of their breast density has advanced in state Legislatures in both Texas and California.
June 6, 2011
Relay critical results quickly to avoid malpractice suits
By Kate Madden Yee
Putting a quality improvement initiative in place to develop and reinforce critical test results communication can improve a department's performance by more than 60%. This not only helps patient care, it protects radiologists from malpractice suits, according to a study published this month in Radiology.
June 6, 2011
CARE bill introduced in U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has introduced the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 2, 2011
The Profit Center: Part 20 -- The pitfalls of fair market valuation
By Mark F. Weiss
The fair market valuation process is often unfair, blind to value, and generally ignores the true market, says healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. Learn how to fight for "fair" in agreements between radiology groups and hospitals in this latest installment.
June 2, 2011
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Wrong scan tops list of Pa. radiology errors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Performing the wrong scan won out over scanning the wrong patient in a new report by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, which tallied 652 radiology mistakes that exposed patients to potential harm during a year's time.
May 31, 2011
USPTO reaffirms DR Systems PACS patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS software developer DR Systems announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has re-examined and reallowed a patent on PACS hanging protocols that the company has been asserting against a number of its competitors.
May 31, 2011
ER docs say malpractice fear leads to tests
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Forty-four percent of almost 1,800 emergency room (ER) physicians responding to a poll reported that the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department is the fear of lawsuits, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians.
May 26, 2011
RT indicted for tampering with syringes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A former Mayo Clinic radiology technician (RT) has been indicted in Florida for tampering with syringes, which resulted in a patient death, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida.
May 25, 2011
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