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Steven Beumel, Mayo Clinic Rad Tech, Guilty of Hep C Tampering

In the six years he was employed by the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, radiology technician Steven Beumel swapped out Fentanyl for saline laced with Hepatitis C at least five times. Today, the 48-year-old man pled guilty to charges of tampering and theft by deception. One man died as a result of his actions, never knowing how he'd contracted the

UK Dept of Health Extends Accenture Contract

The United Kingdom Department of Health extended its PACS contract with global management consultancy Accenture for another year, the group announced yesterday.

Reform Anxiety: Medicaid Hike, Docs Overbilling, and Congress Wants War Effort to Foot the Bill

Anxiety about the impact of national healthcare reform reverberated throughout the halls of lawmakers, policymakers, and federal administrators this week, as America tries to decide where and how its healthcare system will bear the burden of increasing patient populations and the costs of treating them.

BC Technical Aquires Consus Medical Imaging

In March, BC Technical, Inc. acquired Consus Medical Imaging, a company that specializes in servicing Molecular Imaging equipment out of Jacksonville, FL. This acquisition will expand Utah-based BC Technical's customer base in the Southeast.

RadNet Posts Q1 Results: Revenue, Assets Up

After a quarter of aggressive partnerships and acquisitions in early 2012, RadNet still posted a 17 percent increase in year-over-year revenues for the quarter, which totaled $168.5 million. Per-share net income for the quarter was flat, an improvement over Q1 2011 figures, when shares lost $0.02 apiece.

Lantheus Inks Isotope Deal with JHS as Ben Venue Exits the Picture

As Ben Venue Laboratories continues to withdraw from the contract manufacturing services market, its client, Lantheus Medical Imaging, has found a new partner for the manufacture of a pair of contrast agents.

GE Installs First SenoBright Scanner in the U.S.

With the potential to provide adjunctive therapies and on-site reading in a single appointment, the new SenoBright breast imaging technology from GE could be a game-changer, the company says.

Healthcare Reform Will Not Mean Less Imaging, Says Regents Health

Whatever form the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) may take—and we are, of course, in an election year—a confluence of factors conspires to keep radiologists in demand for the foreseeable future, says Brian Baker, President of the Franklin, TN-based Regents Health Resources.

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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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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.