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U.S. House bill filed for minimum mammo fees
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives that would establish a minimum fee for mammography services.
April 8, 2008
U.S. DOJ joins 'kickback' case against Ohio heart centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against a group of heart testing facilities in Ohio that charges the firms with allegedly providing kickbacks to cardiologists in exchange for patient referrals.
April 1, 2008
Cook wins injunction against Endologix
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Cook has received a preliminary injunction against Endologix of Irvine, CA, and four former sales representatives from violating noncompete agreements with Cook.
March 31, 2008
Gadolinium/NSF lawsuits centralized in Ohio federal court
By Brian Casey
A single U.S. District Court in Ohio has been assigned to handle the discovery phase of all patient injury lawsuits filed in federal courts related to gadolinium and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). The move is expected to speed up the legal process for the cases, and could lead to either earlier trials or settlement of the litigation.
March 20, 2008
Contrast firms hit with another NSF lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A group of contrast agent manufacturers has been hit with another lawsuit alleging that their products caused nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a debilitating skin disorder believed to be linked to gadolinium-based MRI contrast.
March 17, 2008
MedQuist settles lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist has agreed to settle a 2004 class-action lawsuit that alleged that the Mount Laurel, NJ, company overcharged for its transcription services.
March 16, 2008
Quality of care dictates follow-up of incidental CT findings on radiotherapy planning scans
By Barbara Boughton
incidental findings on CT scans for radiotherapy planning present a bit of a puzzle. Studies have shown that the incidence of these findings is low and that many are clinically insignificant. But radiation oncologists have a clear duty to report incidental findings from a clinical and legal perspective.
March 12, 2008
NDMA, i3Archive, InSite One settle lawsuits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA), its parent company i3Archive, and InSite One have agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims in the companies' lawsuits. Details of the settlement were not released.
March 11, 2008
Merge settles lawsuit
By Erik L. Ridley
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has forged an agreement with the plaintiff and other defendants in a derivative action complaint against the Milwaukee-based firm.
March 6, 2008
CAD vendors hope FDA hearings will clear approval bottleneck
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today began a two-day set of hearings that could result in major changes to the way the agency regulates computer-aided detection (CAD) technology. Industry experts are hoping the hearings will clear up a logjam of delayed regulatory applications for CAD software that has been building since last year.
March 3, 2008
Court ruling protects medical device makers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturers in the U.S. can't be held liable for damages from patients injured by their devices if the products followed federal regulatory standards, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week.
February 21, 2008
European Parliament finalizes delay of EMF directive
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a final decision, the European Parliament postponed until 2012 the implementation of a controversial directive that could have drastically restricted the use of MRI, according to a coalition of European MRI advocates.
February 20, 2008
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