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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
California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case
By Donna Domino
SACRAMENTO, CA - A California radiologic technologist accused of delivering a major radiation overdose faced testimony this week. Witnesses who spoke at a hearing on revoking the technologist's license said they still don't understand how a 23-month-old boy received 151 CT scans in just over an hour.
September 17, 2009
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Medtronic settles patent dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has settled a patent dispute with medical device manufacturer W.L. Gore and Assoc. of Newark, DE.
September 16, 2009
Senate bill calls for 65% equipment utilization rate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The healthcare reform bill released this week by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee would set the equipment utilization rate for Medicare reimbursement of imaging studies at 65%, significantly lower than the 90% level proposed in original versions of the legislation.
September 15, 2009
AdvaMed opposes $4 billion device tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device industry lobbying group Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has gone on record as opposing a proposed tax on medical device and diagnostics firms.
September 15, 2009
Omnyx nets digital pathology patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Omnyx of Pittsburgh has received a U.S. patent for digital pathology technology.
September 14, 2009
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