Practice Management: Page 638

Report: GE ignored Omniscan warnings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Documents from the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago allege that GE Healthcare declined to restrict the use of its gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent Omniscan, despite warnings from people inside the company.
April 18, 2010
Role-playing helps rads convey news about fetal abnormalities
By Cynthia E. Keen
BOSTON - Advanced ultrasound and MRI procedures are making it easier for radiologists to identify fetal abnormalities. But telling a pregnant woman the news, often early in a pregnancy, is increasingly becoming the responsibility of pediatric radiologists, who are assuming roles as front-line physicians.
April 15, 2010
Court OKs MedQuist, CBay buy of Spheris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the sale of substantially all assets of Spheris to speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist and its majority shareholder CBay.
April 15, 2010
Obama signs bill averting 21% Medicare pay cut
By Kate Madden Yee
Both the U.S Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday that once again temporarily delays the 21% cut in physician reimbursements mandated by the sustainable growth rate formula, this time through May 31.
April 15, 2010
Societies to host meeting on radiation safety
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American Society for Radiation Oncology are hosting a meeting in Miami, June 24-25, to address radiation safety in radiation oncology.
April 15, 2010
Minn. law outlaws exam cheating
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on April 1 signed into law a bill that makes cheating on licensing or certification exams illegal, according to the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
April 15, 2010
PET finds risk factor for Alzheimer's in Latinos
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET imaging has shown that a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in whites is also a risk factor for the disease in Latinos, according to a new study published in the Archives of Neurology.
April 14, 2010
Senate passes bill to delay SGR cut
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate has passed an amendment that if confirmed by the House will again delay Medicare payment cuts, this time until June 1.
April 14, 2010
Medicalis signs Muduroglu as CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology decision support developer Medicalis has tapped medical imaging industry veteran Oran Muduroglu as CEO.
April 14, 2010
Radisphere skirts local groups in bid for hospital contracts
By Kate Madden Yee
That sound you hear might just be a dam breaking. Radiology's traditional model of community-based group practices suffered another blow last week with the launch of Radisphere National Radiology Group, which is bypassing local radiology practices to sign contracts directly with hospitals.
April 14, 2010
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Bill to delay SGR cut inches forward
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation in the U.S. Senate that would delay the implementation of a 21% cut in Medicare reimbursement passed a key hurdle on April 12.
April 13, 2010
Aribex settles x-ray patent case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Handheld x-ray developer Aribex has settled a patent infringement case with Sigma Biomedics of Prospect Heights, IL; Dentalaire Products International of Fountain Valley, CA; and Digimed of Moscow.
April 13, 2010
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