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Mo-99 supply bill passes House subcommittee
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bill to help fund production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in the U.S. and gradually eliminate the export of highly enriched uranium has taken another step toward possible passage.
October 20, 2009
Class-action lawsuit hits Cedars-Sinai, GE over CT dose
October 19, 2009
Class-action lawsuit hits Cedars-Sinai, GE over CT dose
By Brian Casey
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and GE Healthcare related to patients who may have been overexposed to radiation during CT brain perfusion scans at the Los Angeles hospital.
October 19, 2009
Philip Morris may have to pay for smokers' CT scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA could be on the hook to pay for CT chest scans of longtime smokers, following a unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court released on Monday.
October 19, 2009
GE, SonoSite settle patent lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite and GE Healthcare have resolved patent litigation over compact-ultrasound technology.
October 18, 2009
Europeans seek to exempt MRI from EMF rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare professionals and patient groups in Europe are rallying behind an effort to permanently exempt MRI from a European Union proposal to set limits on the exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields.
October 15, 2009
Senate committee passes healthcare bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Senate Finance Committee passed its version of healthcare reform on October 13, with Republican senator Olympia Snowe of Maine joining the 13 Democrats in the committee in a 14 to 9 vote.
October 12, 2009
Another Canadian province questions radiology tests
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Government officials in New Brunswick, Canada, have set up a hotline for patients after reviewing radiology exams performed by a doctor whose work has come under scrutiny, according to the Canadian Press.
October 7, 2009
SNM urges CARE bill passage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM is calling on the U.S. Congress to support the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE).
September 29, 2009
ASRT again pushes CARE bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is once again promoting legislation to require certification standards for radiologic technologists.
September 27, 2009
Senators oppose rad therapy cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Several members of the U.S. Senate sent a letter to the Obama administration last week opposing cuts in Medicare reimbursement for radiation therapy procedures.
September 27, 2009
Self-referral foes fail to add amendment to healthcare reform bill
By Kate Madden Yee
Advocates of legislation to ban physician self-referral for imaging tests yesterday withdrew a bid to add the proposal to a healthcare reform bill under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the American College of Radiology of Reston, VA.
September 23, 2009
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