Practice Management: Page 564

Heart Check fined $3.2M by Colo. regulators
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has ordered whole-body scanning chain Heart Check America to pay a $3.2 million fine for a range of violations, including conducting CT scans on patients without referrals from Colorado-licensed doctors.
August 7, 2011
Carestream, Caliper settle lawsuits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health and Caliper Life Sciences have settled their lawsuits by agreeing to dismiss their respective claims and counterclaims.
August 7, 2011
Manual offers guide to basic radiology services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two nonprofit groups have published a manual on how to implement radiology services in underserved and developing economies.
August 4, 2011
NIA, ACRO collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm National Imaging Associates (NIA) has signed a collaborative agreement with the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) to enhance the company's OncologyConnections program.
August 3, 2011
Debt ceiling deal: More bad news for Medicare payments?
By Kate Madden Yee
Congress' passage on August 2 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 to lift the federal debt ceiling could negatively affect Medicare reimbursement -- and, therefore, medical imaging payments -- by piling new reimbursement cuts on top of already serious Medicare reductions.
August 3, 2011
FDA requests comment on IOM report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking for public comments on last week's report from the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the agency's 510(k) process for regulating medical devices.
August 2, 2011
FDA proposes lower user fees
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to reduce medical device user fees by 7% next year, while at the same time starting a program to offer discounted rates for small medical device firms.
August 1, 2011
RSNA nets $1.5M endowment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA's Research and Education Foundation has received a $1.5 million donation from the Ralph Schlaeger Charitable Foundation.
July 31, 2011
ACR, SBI slam BMJ study on mammo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have taken issue with a study in the British Medical Journal that suggests declining breast cancer mortality rates are due more to improvements in treatment and the efficiency of healthcare systems than mammography screening.
July 31, 2011
HIMSS seeks participants for Health IT Week
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has issued an invitation for any entity involved in healthcare IT to participate in the sixth annual National Health IT Week scheduled for September 12 to 16.
July 28, 2011
IOM report hits FDA 510(k) program, offers ways to correct it
By Wayne Forrest
After 16 months of research, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a report that concludes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) program "lacks the statutory basis to make a reliable premarket screen for safety and effectiveness of class II medical devices."
July 28, 2011
Radisphere taps new CMO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere National Radiology Group has appointed Alison Shurell as chief marketing officer (CMO).
July 28, 2011
Previous Page
Page 564 of 1196
Next Page