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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
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
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