Practice Management: Page 946

Miracor adds cash
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging center operator Miracor Diagnostics has completed a private placement of $1 million in 3% Series A convertible preferred stock. The 2.7 million shares are convertible one-for-one into common stock at 37¢ per share, subject to certain limitations and registrations, according to the San Diego-based firm.
July 21, 2004
Radiologists install PET/CT despite community opposition
By Tracie L. Thompson
When a committee that includes your three biggest payors recommends against your installing a PET/CT scanner, do you go ahead anyway? The question is one of several raised in connection with events in upstate New York that some say are leading to an "arms race" in imaging.
July 21, 2004
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PET procedure volume to surge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET procedure volume reached 650,000 procedures in 2003, up 48% from 2002, according to a recent report by market research firm Bio-Tech Systems of Las Vegas.
July 20, 2004
Cardinal Health hit with shareholder suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dallas law firm Baron & Budd has filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Cardinal Health.
July 20, 2004
Self-referral reform targets Stark loopholes
By Brian Casey
The rising use of medical imaging technology in the U.S. has drawn increased attention to loopholes in U.S. laws that allow non-radiologist physicians to install and operate imaging equipment in their own offices.
July 20, 2004
ASTRO announces 2004 research awards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has announced the 2004 recipients of its Junior Faculty Research Award and Resident Clinical/Basic Research Award.
July 19, 2004
VirtualScopics taps CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-related biomarker developer VirtualScopics has appointed Dr. Stuart Shapiro as its new CEO. Shapiro will oversee VirtualScopics' expansion into larger markets such as oncology, cardiovascular, and neurology, according to the Rochester, NY-based vendor.
July 19, 2004
Stark II interim final rule leaves huge self-referral loophole
By Cherrill Farnsworth
The National Coalition for Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services welcomes the additional flexibility that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has brought to the Stark Laws. However, a substantial loophole remains in the statute with regard to the in-office ancillary services exception, according to an editorial by Cherrill Farnsworth.
July 19, 2004
AHRA Osborn scholarships awarded
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) Education Foundation has awarded three Osborn scholarships to pay for travel to the organization’s annual meeting to be held this August in Boston.
July 15, 2004
Epix names Uprichard president and COO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR contrast agent developer Epix Medical has appointed Dr. Andrew Uprichard to the position of president and chief operating officer.
July 15, 2004
Sandler to lead SNM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. Martin Sandler has been elected to the leadership of the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
July 14, 2004
INDD inaugurates Amadeus consortium
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders (INDD) launched the Amadeus consortium (American and European Union SPECT Imaging Consortium) at a June investigators meeting in Florence, Italy.
July 14, 2004
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