Practice Management: Page 557

MRI Interventions nets patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI-guided interventional technology developer MRI Interventions (formerly SurgiVision) has received another patent for its MRI-guided medical procedure technology.
June 18, 2012
DR Systems adds to patent portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS software developer DR Systems has received a U.S. patent related to its systems and methods for interleaving series of medical images.
June 18, 2012
Judicial panel hears Juweid case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The case of suspended University of Iowa radiology professor Dr. Malik Juweid flared back up again during a June 15 hearing to consider whether Juweid should be disciplined for allegations that he threatened coworkers and violated patient privacy laws.
June 18, 2012
Diagnostic Labs charged with fraud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Clinical laboratory and radiology services provider Diagnostic Labs is facing fraud allegations under the False Claims Act, according to a June 18 report in California Watch.
June 18, 2012
MedPAC suggests fee-for-service reform
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended reforms to Medicare's fee-for-service benefit package in its June 2012 report to Congress on the Medicare and health delivery system.
June 18, 2012
Endocrine society advises DEXA for at-risk men
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Endocrine Society has included bone densitometry testing in its clinical practice guidelines for managing osteoporosis in at-risk men.
June 18, 2012
VidiStar receives structured reporting patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to PACS developer VidiStar for its structured reporting technology.
June 18, 2012
CMS awards $6M grant to Imaging Advantage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has awarded a $6 million grant to radiology management and interpretation services firm Imaging Advantage and partners for a project titled, "The right exam, at the right time, read by the right radiologist."
June 17, 2012
RTOG names TRP subcommittee liaisons
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has named James Hodge, PhD, as the liaison for the Translational Research Program (TRP) Committee's new immunomodulation subcommittee and Peter Houghton, PhD, as liaison for TRP's sarcoma subcommittee.
June 17, 2012
CMS establishes data analytics office, new data services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established its Office of Information Products and Data Analysis, which will oversee the agency's portfolio of data and information.
June 17, 2012
Fahey becomes SNMMI president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Frederic Fahey, DSc, has taken the reins as president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for the next 12 months.
June 17, 2012
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Federal suit names Fla. radiation oncologists, hospitals
By Cynthia E. Keen
Two radiation oncologists who run the radiation therapy departments at one hospital and a large multispecialty clinic in Pensacola have been hit with federal charges that they billed Medicare and other government healthcare agencies for procedures without providing supervision as required by federal law. The hospital and clinic have also been named as defendants in the case.
June 17, 2012
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