Practice Management: Page 516

GE, Cardinal hit with lawsuit over Myoview distribution
By Erik L. Ridley
GE Healthcare and Cardinal Health have been hit with an antitrust suit filed by radiopharmacy PharmaRx Pharmaceuticals, charging that the companies have a monopoly on sales of GE's Myoview cardiac imaging agent.
July 4, 2012
Whole-body scanning case settles; radiology wins Medicare; automated peer review
By Brian Casey
July 2, 2012
FDA proposes medical device ID system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed that most medical devices distributed in the U.S. carry a unique device identifier.
July 2, 2012
Former Heart Check America customers to get $4M in settlement
By Brian Casey
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Nevada law firm against defunct whole-body scanning center operator Heart Check America (HCA). Former HCA customers who got loans from Chase Bank to finance their scanning packages will have their debts erased, with Chase allocating $4 million for the settlement.
July 2, 2012
Moments in Radiology History: Part 6 -- Radiology wins Medicare
By Otha Linton
When U.S. lawmakers in the early 1960s proposed a plan to pay for healthcare services for elderly Americans, it wasn't clear how radiology would fit into the new system -- if at all. Radiologists weren't sure they wanted a part of what would eventually become Medicare as hospitals had the upper hand in drafting the legislation.
July 2, 2012
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Altarum wins $8.4M award from CMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Altarum Institute has received an $8.4 million award from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Innovation Center to develop a program for reducing inappropriate imaging in southeastern Michigan.
July 1, 2012
Despite challenges, ACR Dose Index Registry makes progress
By Cynthia E. Keen
What's the average radiation dose of a CT scan performed in the U.S.? How do your exam protocols compare with the norm? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you're not alone. But don't worry: Help is coming in the form of the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Dose Index Registry.
July 1, 2012
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Healthcare reform survives: Now what? Also, screening mammo rates decline
By Brian Casey
June 27, 2012
ACR updates appropriateness criteria
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released the latest version of its appropriateness criteria.
June 27, 2012
Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act, individual mandate
By Wayne Forrest
By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the so-called individual mandate, which requires all Americans to obtain healthcare insurance.
June 27, 2012
Imagine Software gets meaningful use certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology billing and RIS developer Imagine Software has introduced an electronic health record component that has received meaningful use certification.
June 27, 2012
Lung Cancer Alliance launches edgy campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
If smokers get no pity for developing lung cancer, then cat lovers and crazy aunts also deserve to die, suggests a jarring new ad campaign from the Lung Cancer Alliance.
June 27, 2012
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