Practice Management: Page 687

Update on self-referral bill; angio volume rises; prospective CT image quality

By Brian Casey

July 20, 2009

Self-referral bill may be folded into health reform

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives in June that would close the in-office ancillary service exemption for MRI, CT, and PET allowed under the Stark anti-self-referral law may be added to a healthcare reform package currently under consideration in Congress.

July 20, 2009

Procedure volume grows for noncardiac angiography

By Lin Muschlitz

Procedure volume for noncardiac angiography applications in the U.S. has grown at a steady single-digit rate over the past four years as interventional radiologists find new applications for the technology, according to a new market research report by IMV Medical Information Division.

July 20, 2009

PETNet to supply F-18 FLT to SNM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PETNet Solutions, a subsidiary of Siemens Healthcare, has been tapped to supply the investigational fluorine-18 fluorothymidine (F-18 FLT) radiotracer to the SNM's Clinical Trials Network.

July 19, 2009

Canadian image audit: 70,000 reasons to have a PACS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Canadian health region charged with the task of auditing more than 70,000 imaging exams after a doctor's interpretations were called into question is behind schedule, primarily because the images to be audited are all film-screen, according to a Saskatchewan Ministry of Health official.

July 19, 2009

Agfa expands Impax CV, settles with Acacia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has expanded the capabilities of its Impax Cardiovascular (Impax CV) with software for cardiology outcomes management from Cedaron Medical, the company announced.

July 16, 2009