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Imaging3 CEO Says Company, Although Battered, Will Endure

In a frank conference call with investors earlier this week, Dean Janes, CEO of tech startup Imaging3, described how the company continues to be battered by hard times, warning that a serious influx of cash is needed before it can even present its technology for FDA approval.

Concord Medical, Largest Diagnostic Imagine Provider in China, Reports Q1 Financials

Concord Medical, which operates the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, reported its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2012 today.

A Closer Look at Merge Healthcare Raises Flags

Michael Ferro, the white knight who saved imaging software developer Merge Healthcare with a $20 million infusion of cash about four years ago, may be reclaiming that investment in direct payments, even as the company he propped up with that cash founders under the weight of a new payment structure.

Canadian Gov't Highlights Imaging with $6.9M Grant, Federal Recognition

A day after the Canadian government declared its inaugural Medical Imaging Team Day, the House of Parliament got behind another subspecialty initiative to the tune of $6.9 million, which will be spent to broaden innovation in image-guided oncology and cardiology therapies, according to an announcement from FedDev Ontario.

The Eyes Have It

This week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONR) threw down a $150,000 gauntlet for the development of a multidisciplinary solution that would advance electronic image collection and sharing across a variety of specialties.

Erwin Cruz, Defrauded TX Doctor, Awarded $10.6M in Fraud Suit

After a two-week trial, a Dallas jury awarded Dr. Erwin Cruz nearly $11 million in damages, finding that his former business partners, Mehrdad "Mike" Ghani and Dr. Michael Taba, tried to undermine his stake in a pair of imaging practices: North Dallas Medical Imaging, L.P., and Plano AMI, L.P., according to a statement from Cruz's attorneys.

Former Teleradiologist Stumps for Standardization of Radiology Practices

"Traditional radiology has had much to say about teleradiology...yet relatively little has been written about radiology and radiology practice from the perspective of teleradiology," says Vanderbilt University radiologist Richard G. Abramson in the journal Radiology this month.

EXCLUSIVE: CDI CEO Talks Whistleblower Suit, Imaging Billing Issues

Earlier this week, a settlement was reached in a five-year whistleblower suit against Minneapolis, MN-based Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Inc..

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Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.