Practice Management: Page 882

CAD printouts raise legal issues
By Brian Casey
August 31, 2005
Boston Scientific makes hurricane relief donation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said it was making a $500,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
August 31, 2005
Hurricane Katrina poses MRI dilemma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Architectural firm Jünk Architects of Kansas City, MO, and the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators of Sudbury, MA, are distributing a news flash to imaging sites in the southeastern U.S. with MRI magnets at risk of quenching due to Hurricane Katrina.
August 31, 2005
CAD marks: To save or not to save?
By Cynthia E. Keen
The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) has become part of the diagnostic component of a mammography exam. And while there is no legal or professional requirement to keep CAD markings, radiologists may want to save them, according to some healthcare legal experts.
August 31, 2005
CMS seeks to rein in nuclear medicine self-referral
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The growth of nuclear medicine services in recent years has attracted the notice of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This month, CMS proposed a rule barring physician self-referral for nuclear medicine procedures, raising more questions than answers.
August 30, 2005
CMS approves VC after failed colonoscopy in Midwest
By Eric Barnes
Beginning October 16, Medicare in four Midwestern states will pay for a virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography) exam after diagnostic colonoscopy fails for any reason. The local coverage decision also authorizes an initial VC examination for two indications without the need for initial failed colonoscopy.
August 29, 2005
Ziehm introduces Quantum C-arm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging has launched a new C-arm system, called Quantum.
August 29, 2005
Varian gets New Zealand install, board appointments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has installed its Clinac 2100iX medical linear accelerator, as well as its On-Board Imager for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), at Christchurch Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand.
August 29, 2005
eRad adds new install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm eRad has installed its PACS network at High Tech Medical Imaging in Barrington, IL.
August 29, 2005
Online games urge Native American women to b-i-n-go for mammograms
By Shalmali Pal
Native Americans have the poorest cancer screening rates of any ethnic group. But now radiologists and minority health specialists who serve these communities have devised a creative patient outreach plan involving another word that is often associated with American Indian tribes: gaming.
August 29, 2005
Silva-Craig joins Neurognostics board
Functional MRI applications developer Neurognostics of Milwaukee has appointed Milton Silva-Craig to its board of directors.
August 28, 2005
Misonix seeks to overturn judgment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix said that its majority-owned subsidiary Sonora Medical Systems has received a $460,000 judgment against the firm in the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado.
August 25, 2005
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