Practice Management: Page 761

Foundation Radiology Group buys Oryx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) has acquired radiology practice management firm Oryx Medical Services of Roanoke, VA.
January 14, 2008
Stark, raving mad? Physicians say Maryland's self-referral laws too broad
By Kate Madden Yee
To the dismay of Maryland orthopedists, urologists, and emergency surgeons, a trial court in that state has upheld a self-referral law that virtually out-Starks the Stark law by banning nonradiologists from referring for in-office imaging. Nonradiologists argue that Maryland is overstepping the federal rule and that the law diminishes patient care by taking clinical procedures that are part of standard practice out of the hands of specialty doctors.
January 14, 2008
New U.S. budget funds nuclear medicine programs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) budget for fiscal 2008 will include $17.5 million for nuclear medicine research programs.
January 13, 2008
Siemens loses first round in Saint-Gobain suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal court in Wilmington, DE, has rebuffed Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, in its legal bid to halt Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, a division of Cie. de Saint-Gobain of France, from marketing scintillation crystals used in PET scanners.
January 13, 2008
Hologic files suit against SenoRx
Women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Cytyc, have filed a lawsuit against Aliso Viejo, CA-based SenoRx.
January 10, 2008
Cordis wins heart stent patent appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis of Miami Lakes, FL, has won an appeal in its patent battle with Medtronic and Boston Scientific over who owns heart stent patents, Reuters reported.
January 10, 2008
OIG won't penalize rural hospital for free radiology reports
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has decided not to penalize a rural hospital for receiving free radiology reports, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).
January 10, 2008
ACR touts RADPAC money gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) reports that its political action group (PAC) RADPAC had a record-breaking year in 2007.
January 9, 2008
Confirma closes financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Confirma of Bellevue, WA, has closed on a financing deal that raised $17.5 million for the company.
January 9, 2008
Miller resigns as Vital Images chief executive
Advanced visualization firm Vital Images president and CEO Jay Miller has resigned, and will be replaced by chief operating officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO) Michael Carrel.
January 8, 2008
Medicare legislation extends pay for brachytherapy seeds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medicare will continue its current reimbursement policies for brachytherapy seeds through June 30, 2008, thanks to new legislation enacted under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.
January 8, 2008
List of technologists' tasks
January 7, 2008
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