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Oregon case spotlights clinical validity of breast thermography
By Kate Madden Yee
Is infrared thermography a legitimate adjunctive breast imaging technique, or a clinically questionable technology open to abuse? That's the question being raised following the case of an Oregon clinic that was shut down by state regulatory authorities for offering infrared thermography for breast cancer screening.
May 24, 2009
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ARRT launches exam security effort
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has launched an effort to ensure its exams are secure, the association said.
May 20, 2009
UnitedHealthcare to pay $1.5M in probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UnitedHealthcare agreed to reimburse nearly $930,000 to hospitals and radiology providers in more than 300 cases and to pay $613,000 in penalties after an internal audit of its own utilization review process found some claims were inappropriately denied.
May 18, 2009
Georgia makes RA bill the law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The state of Georgia has become the 25th state to recognize the profession of radiologist assistants (RAs).
May 17, 2009
Trial date set for CT radiation overdose lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A trial date has been set in a lawsuit filed by the parents of a child who received an excessive radiation dose while undergoing a CT exam at a community hospital in California.
May 5, 2009
Senate report offers details on accreditation, Stark disclosure
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Senate last week offered a look at its thinking on a number of proposals to make the U.S. healthcare system more efficient, including several ideas that affect medical imaging. But the Senate isn't giving healthcare professionals much time to mull over the proposals -- the deadline for comment is May 15.
May 5, 2009
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Report: Whistleblower suit led to Siemens raid
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A whistleblower's lawsuit reportedly is the catalyst behind the U.S. Department of Defense's investigation at Siemens Healthcare's Malvern, PA, headquarters this week.
April 23, 2009
The Profit Center: Part 3 -- Crafting effective employment contracts
By Mark F. Weiss
Writing an effective employment contract can be an important issue for any radiology group that wants smooth relations with its employed radiologists. In this newest installment of the Profit Center, healthcare business and legal expert Mark Weiss tells you how.
April 23, 2009
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Federal agents raid Siemens Healthcare offices
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agents from the criminal investigations arm of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have raided the Pennsylvania offices of Siemens Healthcare, according to federal officials. A Siemens representative said the search was related to the investigation of a contract the company has with the DoD.
April 21, 2009
Bayer to settle 'several' NSF contrast cases
By Wayne Forrest
German pharmaceutical firm Bayer has reached agreements in principle on "several" pending lawsuits from patients who allege they developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after having been given the company's Magnevist MRI contrast agent.
April 16, 2009
Group urges rollback of DEXA cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The DXA Task Force is urging the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to reverse cuts in Medicare reimbursement for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), the imaging procedure used to diagnose osteoporosis.
April 12, 2009
New Mexico governor signs US, MRI licensure bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has signed a bill into law that requires healthcare professionals who perform diagnostic medical sonography and MRI to be licensed in that state, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
April 9, 2009
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