Medicolegal: Page 90

Varian, Resonant bury hatchet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firms Varian Medical Systems and Resonant Medical have resolved their patent issues and settled their outstanding litigation in return for certain payments to Varian.
May 1, 2006
House Democrats file suit against DRA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which among other provisions would cut $2.8 billion in Medicare payments for imaging services performed outside hospitals.
April 30, 2006
California bill targets imaging lease arrangements
By Brian Casey
A bill has been introduced in the California state legislature that would ban an increasingly popular type of equipment leasing arrangement that some industry experts believe is a new form of physician self-referral.
April 26, 2006
Navigating PET/CT's logistical and legal issues
By Erik L. Ridley
Adopting PET/CT offers a host of clinical benefits, but successful practice requires awareness of key operational and legal factors, according to Dr. Todd Blodgett, an oncologic imaging fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
April 23, 2006
iCAD clears patent arbitration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology developer iCAD said a panel of arbitrators has ruled that it did not infringe on any patent as asserted by CAD vendor R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA.
April 19, 2006
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
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