Welsh Carson created US Anesthesia Partners to consolidate the market in Texas and then attempted to do the same in imaging and EM, authorities allege. 

The findings are derived from an analysis of fee-for-service Medicare data recorded across nearly 600 U.S. health systems. 

The vendor is implementing new tools, processes and procedures to further strengthen the security of its IT systems following the incident.

More conservative approaches should be considered before direct referral to surgery, experts urged in the journal of Clinical Imaging. 

“These requirements add a significant amount of additional time, resource, and administrative costs," the 4 groups said. 

After a Texas judge recently vacated the 600% fee increase, the feds are now proposing to up the amount by 200% from the original proposal. 

The two companies have joined forces to push for contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) adoption worldwide.

American College of Cardiology President B. Hadley Wilson, MD, discussed why the ACC and other leading cardiology groups are so eager to create a new, independent medical board. This has been a long-term goal for many years, he said, and now it may become a reality. 

The new-look nuclear medicine treatment was able to cure advanced ovarian cancer in some mice, with limited side effects.