Practice Management: Page 447

Owner of sham Calif. imaging center gets 8 years
By Brian Casey
The owner of a bogus imaging center in California that billed Medicare for $20 million in prescriptions for antipsychotic medications -- but never performed a single medical imaging exam -- received eight years in prison from a federal judge on August 18.
August 20, 2014
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Piramal marks Neuraceq 1st commercial U.S. use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Piramal Imaging said that WVU Healthcare in West Virginia is the first center in the U.S. to perform commercial scans using its Neuraceq radiopharmaceutical.
August 20, 2014
CT, MRI use declined in ED after 2007
By Kate Madden Yee
After a period of rapid increase from 1993 to 2007, use of medical imaging in the emergency department (ED) declined, mostly because of decreased utilization of CT and MRI, according to a new study published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 19, 2014
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Prestige Medical Imaging taps executive VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Regional independent imaging technology and services provider Prestige Medical Imaging has named Jeff Pasquale as executive vice president of sales.
August 18, 2014
Who is the better radiologist?
By Saurabh Jha, MD
If you were a patient, which radiologist would you rather have reading CT scans: the methodical but thorough plodder who orders lots of follow-up studies or the decisive reader who occasionally misses pathology? Would your answer change if you were an administrator? Or a referring physician? Dr. Saurabh Jha explores these questions.
August 18, 2014
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Richardson Electronics names head of healthcare unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Richardson Electronics has tapped imaging industry veteran Pat Fitzgerald as executive vice president and general manager of Richardson Healthcare.
August 13, 2014
Study shows combined thoracic CT use has dropped
By Eric Barnes
Combined CT scans of the thorax -- which Medicare has been keeping an eye on -- aren't being overused after all. In fact, use of the combined scans is low and falling over time, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 13, 2014
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ASRT, Siemens award scholarships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation and Siemens Healthcare USA have awarded four recipients with the 2014 Siemens Clinical Advancement Scholarship.
August 12, 2014
AHRA: Evidence-based medicine requires evidence-based management
By Kate Madden Yee
As the U.S. government tries to improve the way healthcare is delivered, the talk is all about evidence-based medicine. But shifting to this framework won't help unless radiology departments are managed the same way, according to a presentation at the AHRA annual meeting in Washington, DC.
August 11, 2014
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American Career College launches radiography program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
American Career College has introduced a new radiography program at its campus in Ontario, CA.
August 11, 2014
AHRA, Toshiba continue Putting Patients First initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems are teaming up again for the seventh year of the Putting Patients First program.
August 11, 2014
ASTRO awards research grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has awarded seven physicians a total of $675,000 to advance radiation oncology research.
August 11, 2014
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