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PA mammo clinic fails QA, must pay for re-screens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A mammography technologist in Pennsylvania neglected to properly maintain equipment, resulting in inadequate screening exams for more than 1,500 women, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
June 6, 2005
JAMA study: 'Defensive medicine' fuels unneeded imaging exams
By Tracie L. Thompson
The conclusion may seem anecdotally obvious to many U.S. radiologists, but new data is confirming a connection between the hot-button issues of malpractice liability and the growth in utilization of diagnostic imaging.
May 30, 2005
Court approves Cedara merger with Merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian imaging software developer Cedara Software of Mississauga, Ontario, said it has received a final order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act to effect Cedara's merger with RIS and PACS developer Merge eFilm of Milwaukee.
May 26, 2005
As more referrers demand leases, rads hope for legal crackdown
By Tracie L. Thompson
Much of the recent debate over physician self-referral focuses on a simplified notion of in-office imaging where, nonradiologists argue, patient convenience prevails. But many radiologists are now facing the more complicated variant of self-referral through leases.
May 4, 2005
Oregon imaging centers garner OMA support
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Oregon Medical Association (OMA) is supporting legislation to prevent the exclusion of qualified medical providers from the preferred provider panels of health insurance organizations.
May 3, 2005
iCAD, R2 in patent dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology developer iCAD said it has received a letter from fellow CAD firm R2 Technology advising the Nashua, NH-based firm of its position that iCAD's Second Look product lines allegedly infringed on three U.S. patents licensed to R2.
April 27, 2005
Imaging centers pick up Portland physicians' endorsement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The board of directors of Pacific IPA, a Portland, OR-based independent physicians association, sent a letter to Providence Health System requesting that Providence re-evaluate its decision to terminate contracts with independent freestanding diagnostic imaging centers EPIC Imaging and Body Imaging Radiology of Portland.
April 26, 2005
Imaging centers file antitrust suit against Providence Health
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Providence Health System in Portland, OR, recently announced the termination of its preferred provider contract with Portland-based EPIC Imaging and Body Imaging Radiology on May 1. In response the two imaging centers filed a request in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon for an injunction against Providence and two of its joint-venture imaging centers.
April 21, 2005
ACC, ACR debate stats on imaging growth
By Tracie L. Thompson
Is physician self-referral truly a problem if imaging growth is in line with other medical expenditures? That's one suggestion -- disputed by the American College of Radiology -- included in a new report commissioned by the American College of Cardiology.
April 17, 2005
AngioDynamics nets favorable legal ruling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has received a favorable ruling in its patent lawsuit with Diomed.
April 12, 2005
CA self-referral bill pulled
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A California legislator has withdrawn a bill that would have eliminated in-office performance of MR, CT, or PET imaging by any specialist other than radiologists, according to the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
April 3, 2005
Montana Blues, radiology group settle suit over contracts
By Tracie L. Thompson
A radiology group sued for alleged antitrust violations after dropping out of Montana's largest provider network has agreed to abstain from exclusive contracts with hospitals in western Montana as part of the lawsuit's settlement.
March 29, 2005
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