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GE, Orbotech dispute goes to arbitration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli electronics industry technology firm Orbotech said that GE Healthcare and its subsidiary GE Healthcare Systems Israel are referring a dispute between the firms to arbitration.
December 8, 2008
MedQuist pays $6.6 million to resolve false claims allegations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist of Mount Laurel, NJ, has paid $6.6 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it overbilled U.S. government clients, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
December 2, 2008
Crying foul: New Jersey radiology firm sues hospital network, Aetna
By Kate Madden Yee
In ever-tightening healthcare markets, independent radiology providers can be caught in a proverbial David-and-Goliath type of conflict, with more powerful opponents -- such as hospitals and insurers -- making it difficult for practices to remain financially viable. And to the distress of radiologists around the country, this kind of conflict appears to be cropping up with increasing frequency.
November 25, 2008
A setback for VC? And DEXA payment cuts, pediatric CT lawsuit
By Brian Casey
November 19, 2008
Parents sue California hospital over pediatric CT radiation overdose
By Cynthia E. Keen
A rural California hospital is being sued by parents of a child who underwent a CT exam during an emergency department visit for a neck injury. The parents allege that their 23-month-old boy received radiation burns and has permanent chromosomal damage due to excessive radiation exposure from the CT scan, which took over an hour to perform.
November 19, 2008
Carestream teams with NDMA for e-health
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health and National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) have announced a collaboration.
November 18, 2008
ACR: Maryland self-referral case in appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Maryland state self-referral law originally passed in 1993 by the Maryland General Assembly now rests with the Maryland Court of Appeals, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
October 22, 2008
SonoSite projects Q3 growth, replaces CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite expects to post a 23% gain in revenues in the third quarter.
October 15, 2008
Merge offers eFilm amnesty program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merge Healthcare is launching a software amnesty program designed to enable healthcare facilities with illegal copies of its eFilm Workstation software to convert to legal versions without penalty.
October 6, 2008
DR Systems hits PACS firms with patent suit
By Brian Casey
PACS software developer DR Systems has hit several competitors with a patent lawsuit, charging them with violating its patents covering image management software. The lawsuit is the latest round in the San Diego firm's long campaign to assert its patents in the PACS market.
October 6, 2008
Does new OIG opinion create preauthorization loophole?
By Kate Madden Yee
A new legal opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) has some imaging industry observers wondering if the OIG has unwittingly created a loophole regarding preauthorization -- one that may require many imaging practices to contract with preauthorization outsourcing firms to maintain their referral base.
October 6, 2008
BrainLab wins settlement from Medtronic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Medtronic of Minneapolis.
October 2, 2008
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