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GE settles NSF case with Calif. woman
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has settled a lawsuit involving a California woman who allegedly contracted nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after administration of the company's Omniscan gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent.
March 24, 2010
Fla. cancer center pays $12M in fraud settlement
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that a large multispecialty physician group in Florida has agreed to pay $12 million to settle allegations that it submitted false reimbursement claims for radiation oncology treatments to federal healthcare agencies.
March 23, 2010
Maryland hits Johns Hopkins with $370K fine
By Cynthia E. Keen
The state of Maryland has fined Johns Hopkins University $370,000 as part of a settlement regarding alleged violations of state law relating to the university's use of ionizing radiation and its handling of radioactive materials for medical and research purposes.
March 23, 2010
CareCore settles with NY imaging firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management (RBM) firm CareCore National has settled litigation with a New York imaging firm that claimed that it was unfairly excluded from the RBM's network.
March 21, 2010
House bill would bar use of USPSTF guidelines to deny coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A New Jersey representative has introduced legislation to the U.S. House of Representatives that would ensure preventive services, such as mammograms, could not be denied coverage for service by a group health plan or health insurance issuer as a result of federal guidelines.
March 10, 2010
Interpretation errors top clinical negligence claims in U.K.
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Compared with the U.S., the U.K. is perhaps not seen as a strongly litigious country, but a new analysis of clinical negligence claims in radiology presented at the European Congress of Radiology reveals a clear rise in recent years in the number and financial burden of malpractice suits.
March 7, 2010
EU tackles legal issues of e-health, teleradiology
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - The European Commission is working to provide clarity on the murky legal issues relating to telemedicine in Europe, focusing initially on teleradiology and home health monitoring, according to a presentation Saturday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 5, 2010
FDA cracks down on mammo RT records
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has become aware of several cases where radiologic technologists (RT) at mammography facilities falsified quality control records, the agency said in a statement posted on its Web site on February 25.
February 25, 2010
GE settles with Omniscan critic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and a Danish radiologist have settled their war of words over GE's Omniscan contrast agent, with GE agreeing to drop a libel suit against the physician.
February 25, 2010
Carestream sued over optical patents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has been hit with a lawsuit over patents related to optical imaging technology.
February 24, 2010
Varian scores x-ray shielding patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received a U.S. patent for internal shielding in x-ray tubes.
February 22, 2010
Hologic, Ethicon bury the hatchet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic and interventional device developer Ethicon Endo-Surgery have settled their patent infringement litigation.
February 21, 2010
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