TomoTherapy, a provider of radiation therapy systems, has signed a supply agreement with Novation, a healthcare contracting services company of VHA, the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista.

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.

Medicares pay-for-performance (P4P) program ranks and rewards hospitals according to how well they meet certain guidelines for clinical care; however, researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute found that the program penalizes hospitals by not taking into account their greater clinical burden.

Under current law, spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to a new annual report released Oct. 17 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Advanced Circulatory Systems has received an additional $1.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue testing two devices used in combination on those who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital.

MIMvista (Booth 2015) is highlighting its Serial Exam Review, MIM for Radiation Oncology, and MIMneuro package at RSNA 2008.

The Center for Radiation Oncology (CRO) in Brandon, Fla., has installed AccuBoosts breast cancer radiotherapy system.

Under current law, spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to a new annual report released Oct. 17 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).