In a debate on H.J. Res. 59, the Continuing Resolution, that would raise the U.S. debt ceiling, Senators John McCain (R-Ariz) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged their colleagues to consider an amendment to repeal the 2.3 percent Medical Device Tax

Seventeen senators have written to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to ask her to delay penalties on providers who will not be ready to meet Stage 2 requirements of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentive program by next year

Lawyers for Minneapolis-based Virtual Radiologic (vRad) have amended the company’s patent-infringement complaint against Tandem Radiology, Direct Radiology and Imaging Advantage to also include an additional recent patent

The 97 to 2 roll call vote in favor of the bi-partisan bill (H.R. 527) virtually guarantees the U.S. Helium Reserve will stay open past the October 7 deadline to close it

With the Oct. 7 deadline to close the Federal Helium Reserve looming, more than 100 academic institutions, manufacturers, physician organizations and other stakeholders signed a joint letter to Congress to change the law and allow the reserve to stay open until private helium suppliers are ready to take over

According to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate, passing H.R. 2810: The Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013 as it currently stands will actually be 23 percent more expensive than the previous estimate for repealing the sustainable growth rate formula

Former GE executive and medical device industry veteran David Widmann will replace Henry Kobayashi as president and COO of the Japanese diagnostic imaging company

Many radiology practices, by now, have been persuaded of the importance of deeper alignment and integration with their hospitals and health systems. Jana Landreth, director of practice management for Zotec-MMP, says, “If your hospital approaches you wanting this, you need to embrace it. Going into this with reluctance or hesitation will not move your relationship forward, and the odds are that you will wind up doing it eventually anyway. If you embrace it now, you will be able to set the goals with the hospital and make them realistic for what your practice can achieve.”