The promise of cost savings from health care reform and EHR implementation may still be a ways away judging by a new survey from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

According to California’s Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, Tri Minh Do, MD, embezzled $46,000 in ACR funding meant to reimburse Valley Medical Center in San Jose for prostate cancer research and used it pay personal bills

Minneapolis-based radiology and telemedicine company Virtual Radiologic (vRad) has named David C. Trachtenberg as its new chief solutions officer. Trachtenberg will be responsible for vRad’s marketing programs, as well as product development.

The FDA proposed rule that all medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier (UDI) will come with a cost says one presenter at the upcoming UDI Conference 2013

According to the leaders of the national teleradiology partnership Direct Radiology, LLC, the lawsuit Virtual Radiologic (vRad) and NightHawk Radiology Services filed alleging patent infringement is unfounded and meant to intimidate competitors rather than protect patent rights

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has completed its Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security (MDS2) – 2013 Standard, and the changes earned the support of not only its own Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) division, but also the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

Michael W. Ferro, Jr., chairman and board member for Chicago-based Merge Healthcare Inc., has resigned after another poor quarter for the company

In August, the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) met with CMS officials to “reiterate and provide additional information” as to why they should accept the advice of the physician experts on Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) when updating Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes that relate to radiology