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InSight Health's revenues dip in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Revenues declined and legal and consultant fees bit into InSight Health Services' bottom line in the company's third fiscal quarter of 2008.
May 19, 2008
CryoCor named in lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cryoablation technology provider CryoCor of San Diego has been named in a lawsuit relating to Boston Scientific's purchase of CryoCor.
May 18, 2008
U of A radiology department put in receivership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The department of radiology at the University of Arizona (U of A) in Tucson has been placed in receivership due to financial problems, according to an article in the Arizona Daily Star.
May 14, 2008
New York imaging center sues CareCore
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Jericho Special Imaging (JSI) in New Hyde Park, NY, has filed an antitrust suit against radiology management firm CareCore National (CCN) of Wappingers Falls, NY.
May 11, 2008
Canadian court dismisses J&J lawsuit against Boston Scientific
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Federal Court has dismissed a lawsuit Johnson & Johnson brought against Boston Scientific, alleging that the company's NIR stent infringed on two of its patents, according to Boston Scientific.
May 8, 2008
ACR update: Teaching Congress how to fish
By Kate Madden Yee
LAS VEGAS - At this week's Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) meeting, Maurine Spillman-Dennis and Ted Burnes presented the American College of Radiology's (ACR) efforts to educate Capitol Hill about radiology, and, in so doing, slow the budget-slashing experiences that radiology has suffered over the past three years.
May 6, 2008
Florida fraud case: A harbinger of increased federal scrutiny?
By Kate Madden Yee
When the U.S. Department of Justice announced on April 14 that it had reached a $7 million settlement with a Florida radiologist to resolve allegations of healthcare fraud, radiologists across the country took notice. The buzz in the Boca Raton, FL, case has centered on the question of whether it was a one-shot deal -- or whether it represents a trend toward increased federal enforcement of laws prohibiting fraud and kickbacks.
April 29, 2008
Del loses personnel lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Del Global Technologies said that a jury from the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois has ruled against the company in a lawsuit filed by a former employee.
April 22, 2008
Given, Olympus settle litigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule endoscopy developer Given Imaging has inked a deal with Olympus to settle patent litigation between the two firms.
April 22, 2008
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Brian Casey
April 20, 2008
Radiologist pays $7 million to settle federal fraud claims
By Brian Casey
A Florida radiologist has paid the U.S. government $7 million to settle allegations of healthcare fraud. The U.S. had charged the radiologist with defrauding federal healthcare programs by billing for CT scans that were never performed, paying other physicians for patient referrals, and ordering imaging exams that were medically unnecessary.
April 13, 2008
CMS and physician self-referral: More bark than bite?
By Wayne Forrest
WASHINGTON, DC - Is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) more talk than substance on the issue of physicians making money from self-referrals and related imaging interpretation services? Attorney Thomas Greeson offered his perspectives on the CMS during a presentation on the opening day of the American Roentgen Ray Society annual meeting.
April 13, 2008
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