Philips Healthcare (Booth 7713) is showcasing enhancements to its BrightView XCT SPECT/CT system and new features for its Gemini TF PET/CT and Gemini TF PET/CT Big Bore modalities.

Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to Kerry N. Weems, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), urging that Medicare reimburse for screening CT colonography (CTC) under a national coverage determination.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has notified AtriCure has that it is conducting an investigation for potential False Claims Act and common law violations relating to AtriCures surgical ablation devices.

Bethesda Memorial Hospital's Comprehensive Cancer Center of Boynton Beach, Fla., will utilize Varian Medical Systems RapidArc device to deliver intensity-modulated radiation therapy.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken limited actions to ensure that covered entities adequately implement the HIPAA Security Rule of 1996, and has not provided effective oversight or encouraged enforcement of the rule, according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed eight U.S. voluntary consensus standards to encourage the appropriate and efficient use of imaging procedures in outpatient settings.

Key elements of Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) must be improved so that physicians can successfully participate and use the information to increase the quality of patient care, according to a American Medical Association (AMA) survey of physicians, who participated in the PQRI during its first year of deployment.

St. Joseph Healthcare System has agreed to pay $1.75 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the Paterson, N.J.-based hospital engaged in Medicare fraud by improperly inflating its Medicare reimbursement claims.