Practice Management: Page 415

RayScam ringleader gets 10-year sentence
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A New Jersey man who state investigators said was the "ringleader" of a fraud operation involving payments for scan referrals has pleaded guilty and received a 10-year prison sentence.
May 12, 2015
CMS: Radiologists are buying into PQRS program
By Jeff Majchrzak
Participation by radiologists in the U.S. government's Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) has been high, according to a report recently issued by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Leading the pack are interventional radiologists, with nearly three-quarters participating.
May 12, 2015
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Prescan review slashes inpatient use of PET/CT
By Wayne Forrest
A New Jersey hospital was able to slash by more than half the number of inpatient pulmonary PET/CT scans being performed by having its nuclear medicine department act as a gatekeeper for exam orders, according to a study presented at the recent American Roentgen Ray Society annual meeting.
May 11, 2015
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Malpractice nondisclosure terms can vary
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
There is little standardization or consistency in nondisclosure clauses in medical malpractice settlements, according to research published online in JAMA Internal Medicine.
May 10, 2015
Family wins $21M in damages following CT mix-up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Michigan jury has awarded the family of an 81-year-old woman $21 million in damages after staff at a Michigan hospital mixed up her CT scan results with those of another patient and operated on her brain instead of her jaw, according to the Detroit Free Press.
May 10, 2015
CDC: Cancer screening compliance is lagging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compliance with cancer screening guidelines is lagging in the U.S., with many adults not receiving the recommended screenings for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer.
May 10, 2015
ASE, Ke Labs to collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and Knowledge Engineering Laboratories (Ke Labs) have signed a collaboration agreement.
May 7, 2015
Rads are doing fewer double CT scans -- but nonrads aren't
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has worked to cut imaging costs across all modalities, and its efforts with "double" CT scans of the abdomen have been effective with radiologists, who have reduced their rates by 35% since 2001. But other physicians haven't followed suit.
May 7, 2015
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Radiology antitrust trial begins in Kan.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A trial has commenced in a case brought by a radiologist against his former radiology group, according to a report published by Kansas City, MO, radio station KCUR.
May 5, 2015
RLI awards scholarships for August summit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) said it has awarded scholarships for 10 radiology residents to attend the 2015 RLI Leadership Summit being held August 6-9 in Wellesley, MA.
May 5, 2015
ORSIF releases documentary video
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Organization for Occupational Radiation Safety in Interventional Fluoroscopy (ORSIF) has introduced a new documentary film on the risks of ionizing radiation exposure for physicians who practice interventional medicine in fluoroscopy labs.
May 5, 2015
ASTRO issues NSCLC guideline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new guideline on adjuvant radiotherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
May 5, 2015
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