Practice Management: Page 454

Radiologist pens medical thriller with genre-bending twist
By Brian Casey
Radiology residents having sex in the call room. A drug-addicted chief resident and corrupt administrators. Quenching MRI magnets. It's all in a day's work for Doctored Images, a new novel penned by a North Carolina radiologist that features a shocking twist: a radiologist as a crime-fighting good guy.
June 24, 2014
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Idaho radiology practice wins $52M lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Idaho Supreme Court has affirmed a jury verdict in MRI Associates' $52 million lawsuit versus Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
June 23, 2014
ASE names new president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has tapped Dr. Neil Weissman as its new president.
June 23, 2014
Lung cancer screening of seniors: Should CMS regulate?
By Eric Barnes
A just-published proposal in the Annals of Internal Medicine seeks to balance the benefits and harms of CT lung cancer screening by limiting the screening of Medicare beneficiaries to lung cancer screening centers that would be accredited based on still-evolving society-based guidelines.
June 23, 2014
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FDA issues warning on Mont. breast center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding mammography quality at a Montana breast imaging center.
June 23, 2014
USPSTF finalizes AAA screening recommendations
By Erik L. Ridley
Adhering mostly to its draft statement published in January, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) included no big surprises in its new recommendations in favor of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).
June 23, 2014
NJ officials: Luxury cars seized after imaging fraud bust
By Brian Casey
New Jersey investigators said that Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars were among the items seized from the 9,000-sq-ft mansion of an individual charged with running a scheme that allegedly paid physicians kickbacks for Medicaid referrals.
June 22, 2014
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ASTRO, AAPM roll out rad-onc incident training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) have joined forces to introduce the Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System.
June 22, 2014
Texas technologists oppose licensure removal
By Eric Barnes
The Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists said it opposes a recent move by a commission appointed by the Texas Legislature to eliminate licensure requirements for radiologic technologists.
June 19, 2014
NY museum uses CT to identify mummy's gender
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, NY, have conducted a virtual autopsy on a South American mummy using 3D CT, the museum said.
June 19, 2014
UltraSPECT signs BC Technical deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UltraSPECT has entered into a long-term agreement with molecular imaging refurbished equipment developer BC Technical.
June 18, 2014
Meaningful use deadline for pay cuts coming up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Most physicians will need to act by July 1 to avoid the 1% payment reduction associated with the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in 2015, also known as meaningful use, according to the American College of Radiology.
June 18, 2014
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