The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released interim recommendations for imaging facilities and providers to address concerns regarding excess radiation exposure during CT scans, which is currently under investigation by the agency, according to an FDA news release.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A survey by the Associated Press showed that 54 percent of Americans agree that limiting medical liability lawsuits is key to successful healthcare reform, according to a report in American Medical News.
A provision in the 2005 tax bill will require the Internal Revenue Service to begin withholding 3 percent of Medicare payments to healthcare providers as early as 2012, according to a report by American Medical News.
Connolly Healthcare, the Medicare recovery audit contractor for Region C, has updated its CMS approved audit issues for RAC review, according to Connolly Healthcare's Web site.
Proposed regulations endorsed by the N.J. Attorney General would bar physicians in the state from accepting any kind of gifts and would require them to report all but the smallest income from pharmaceutical and device companies, according to a release…
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The Food and Drug Administration is warning medical facilities to stop using the Steris System 1 Processor because the product has been significantly modified and the FDA has not approved the modified version, according to a notice by the FDA.
A new report, Recommended Actions to Improve External-Cause-of-Injury Coding in State-Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control outlines potential collaborative steps for the CDC…
Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C., proposed to pay its rival Providence Hospitals $15 million to acquire one of Providence's four CON licenses for open-heart surgery and to drop its opposition to a proposed Providence expansion, according to a…
CMS has set new limits on the number of medical records that recovery audit contractors may request, according to a release from CMS.
A new white paper from ECRI Institute outlines the Institute's top 10 technology hazards for 2010, with cross-contamination from flexible endoscopes topping the list.