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Medtronic sues Kyphon
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The vascular and spinal businesses of medical device developer Medtronic have sued Kyphon for patent infringement.
April 16, 2006
Merge hit with another class action lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merge Healthcare is the target of a class action lawsuit by the law firm of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll.
April 12, 2006
Boston Scientific resolves Guidant antitrust issues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said it had signed an agreement containing consent orders from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that would resolve the agency's antitrust concerns over the proposed acquisition of Guidant.
April 5, 2006
Massachusetts bill takes aim at physician self-referral
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiology advocates in the U.S. have become increasingly frustrated at their inability to get the federal government to restrict physician self-referral. Now there are signs that such efforts may bear more fruit at the state level, with the state of Massachusetts mulling a ban on the practice for MRI, PET, and linear accelerator services.
April 3, 2006
Opposition grows to DRA law within House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A group of Republican legislators have drafted a "Dear Colleague" letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives asking them to reconsider the Medicare cuts to imaging services payments that are mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005.
April 2, 2006
How the legal system stacks the deck against mammography
By René Jackson
Radiologists are becoming popular targets for medical malpractice suits, with failure to diagnose breast cancer on mammography a common accusation. René Jackson, R.N., co-author of The Death of Mammography, outlines how the legal system has stacked the deck against mammography, creating a perfect storm of wily plaintiffs' attorneys, juries with unrealistic expectations, and mammography providers caught in the middle.
April 2, 2006
House resolution urges DRA investigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) this week introduced a resolution into the U.S. House of Representatives asking for an investigation into President George W. Bush's signing of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005.
March 30, 2006
ACR suspends member for malpractice testimony
By Brian Casey
The American College of Radiology has suspended one of its members for giving testimony that the association contends was "clinically inaccurate and scientifically incorrect" in a medical malpractice case. The action is the second suspension made by the Reston, VA, society since it began reviewing the issue of expert testimony by ACR members in 2003.
March 29, 2006
House Demos criticize Bush on DRA signing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The controversy over the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 is turning into a political issue in the ongoing tug-of-war between Democrats and Republicans in Washington, DC. Two Democratic Congressional representatives have sent a letter to President George W. Bush, asking whether he knew that the legislation was flawed when he signed it into law.
March 23, 2006
Class action suit initiated against Merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Merge Healthcare.
March 22, 2006
Court dismisses antitrust suit by Oregon imaging centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. District Court has granted a motion filed by Providence Health System to dismiss a pending antitrust lawsuit brought by EPIC Imaging and Body Imaging Radiology, two Portland, OR-based imaging centers fighting to remain part of an Oregon preferred-provider network.
March 22, 2006
SonoSite wins patent case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Handheld ultrasound technology developer SonoSite has won a patent infringement lawsuit filed against the firm by patent-holding company Neutrino Development.
March 21, 2006
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