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RadNet completes Papastavros buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet of Los Angeles has completed its acquisition of Papastavros' Associates Medical Imaging and related entities.
March 16, 2008
MedQuist settles lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist has agreed to settle a 2004 class-action lawsuit that alleged that the Mount Laurel, NJ, company overcharged for its transcription services.
March 16, 2008
CMS anti-markup rule sparks more questions than answers
By Kate Madden Yee
Last November, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2008. It included an anti-markup provision that effectively takes the profit out of the professional component. The rule is delayed until 2009, but many questions remain over how to respond to this new guidance.
March 16, 2008
M*Modal partners with MDnetwork
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
M*Modal of Pittsburgh and MDnetwork of Cody, WY, are teaming to integrate their technologies.
March 13, 2008
Sink or swim: Why a hand sink is crucial in the MR suite
By Tobias Gilk
As MR is used for an increasing number of interventional applications, infection control provisions will continue to grow in importance, including hand sinks in the MR suite. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains why MR suite providers and facilities need to plan for hand sinks for all future MRI installations, and addresses some of the technical challenges of installing hand sinks in the MRI suite.
March 13, 2008
CMS backs down on CCTA cuts; RT planning and incidental findings
By Brian Casey
March 12, 2008
Quality of care dictates follow-up of incidental CT findings on radiotherapy planning scans
By Barbara Boughton
incidental findings on CT scans for radiotherapy planning present a bit of a puzzle. Studies have shown that the incidence of these findings is low and that many are clinically insignificant. But radiation oncologists have a clear duty to report incidental findings from a clinical and legal perspective.
March 12, 2008
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Center Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
March 12, 2008
CMS makes no change to coronary CTA payments
By Brian Casey
In a victory for advocates of coronary CT angiography (CTA), the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today decided to make no change to the way it reimburses for coronary CTA exams. With the decision, CT advocates have dodged a bullet that many feared could have killed the promising new field of cardiac imaging with CT.
March 11, 2008
iCAD names DeLucia to VP post
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, has named John DeLucia as vice president of quality assurance and regulatory affairs.
March 11, 2008
CMS to cut MPFS payments by 10%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 10% reduction in reimbursement is looming for physicians unless Congress approves legislation regarding Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula on which payments are based.
March 11, 2008
NDMA, i3Archive, InSite One settle lawsuits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA), its parent company i3Archive, and InSite One have agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims in the companies' lawsuits. Details of the settlement were not released.
March 11, 2008
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