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Former FDA Employees Sue, Claim Retaliation for Opposing Approval of Some Diagnostic Imaging Devices

Six former Food and Drug Administration doctors and scientists allege FDA officials spied in their personal email accounts in order to build a case for their dismissal. The spying started, they say, after they and three other FDA employees contacted Congress with concerns about the FDA's approval of some diagnostic imaging devices they did not

180 Reps Now Signed On to Bill to Prevent MPPR Reimbursement Cut

The number of Congressmen who have signed onto HR 3269 — a bill to prevent a 25% multiple procedure payment reduction to the professional component of diagnostic imaging &mdash has reached 180 said the American College of Radiology on Monday.

Fujifilm Proposes Partnership with Stricken Olympus

Furthering its goals of expansion, executives for Fujifilm Holdings Corporation said at a news conference in Tokyo Monday that it proposed a partnership with Olympus Corporation, according to a Bloomberg article.

AMA Wants Congress to Postpone ICD-10 Adoption Deadline

UPDATE ON 2/16/12 — HHS has agreed to postpone the ICD-10 deadline. A new deadline has not yet been set.

Utah Bill Would Urge Rads to Include Density in Mammo Reports

Proposed legislation in Utah would urge radiologists to include information about breast density in mammogram results, according to an article in the Deseret News.

Florida Committee Rejects Transparency Bill

A bill in Florida that would have required greater cost transparency on the part of diagnostic imaging facilities and other health care providers was defeated by a Senate Committee last week.

False Positives Low for CT Lung Cancer Screening

Addressing concerns that CT imaging to screen for lung cancer would increase the number of false-positives, researchers found it actually resulted in a low rate for benign nodules.

Radiologist Referrals Generate Few High-Cost Exams

A study in the latest issue of the journal Radiology says that a radiologists recommendation accounts for only a small portion of high-cost imaging procedures.

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Health Imaging
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.

Cardiovascular Business
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.