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Calif. radiation bill up for Senate discussion
By Eric Barnes
A bill that would require medical imaging facilities to record the radiation dose from any exam that delivers ionizing radiation is scheduled for discussion on the floor of the California Senate today.
May 23, 2010
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Settlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation case
By Donna Domino
The family of a 2-year-old boy who received a massive overdose of radiation during a series of CT scans in 2008 has reached a settlement with the Northern California hospital where the incident occurred.
May 23, 2010
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Two Ohio facilities to pay $108M in cardiac kickback case
By Wayne Forrest
Two Ohio hospitals agreed Friday to pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle claims that the institutions violated federal law by unlawfully paying doctors for referrals of cardiac patients.
May 20, 2010
Elderly early-stage breast cancer patients don't need RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Few women older than 70 who are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer without lymph node involvement need radiation therapy (RT) after having a lumpectomy, according to the most recent findings of a large multi-institutional trial to be presented next month at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.
May 20, 2010
QA program cuts errors in 3D image processing lab
By Brian Casey
SAN FRANCISCO - Implementing a quality assurance program in a centralized 3D image processing lab can reduce the number of errors that occur when technologists reconstruct 3D images, according to a presentation on Wednesday at the International Society for Computed Tomography meeting.
May 20, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Center Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
May 19, 2010
Congress tries again to pass longer-term SGR fix
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Congress is once again working to pass a longer-lasting freeze on cuts to Medicare physician payment rates, which are scheduled to be reduced by 21% on June 1.
May 19, 2010
AngioDynamics taps new VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has appointed a new senior vice president of business development.
May 19, 2010
McKesson adds practice management orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm McKesson has received four orders for its Revenue Management Solutions radiology billing and practice management offering.
May 19, 2010
Virus plus RT escalates tumor shrinkage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A naturally occurring, harmless human virus given in combination with radiation therapy (RT) has shown significant benefit in patients with advanced cancers, according to results of a study conducted by the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
May 19, 2010
Life after healthcare reform: Tracking finances proactively
By Kate Madden Yee
In the second part of our two-part series on life after healthcare reform, imaging experts provide advice on how radiology groups and imaging centers can organize their operations so that they thrive in a reimbursement environment that's increasingly tight.
May 19, 2010
CMS awards HIT payment database contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to develop a national repository database to record electronic health record incentive payment processing transactions.
May 19, 2010
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