ReviveHealth, a hospital public relations firm in Santa Barbara, CA, released the results of their annual survey that asked hospitals for their opinions on health insurers. This year’s worst insurer, according to the results, was WellPoint.

The Final Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements was released Thursday afternoon and it includes many radiology-specific portions.

On Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its total of Kansas patients who were infected with hepatitis C by David Kwiatkowski, a contract radiologic technician who may have exposed patients in seven states to the disease.

Houston radiologist Jack L. Baker settled with the government last week, agreeing to pay$650,000 for paying referring doctors illegal kickback for sending patients to his Fairmont Diagnostic Center and Open MRI Inc. imaging center. He will also be barred from participating in Medicare and Medicaid for six years.

With breast density inform laws under consideration in 10 states as well as by the Federal government, the recent cautious notes sounded by the ACR and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) were decidedly unwelcome to patient advocacy group Are You Dense.

Planned Parenthood experienced a whirlwind of donations following the Komen Foundation controversy, and plans to put the money towards mammography, according to NPR.

McKesson announced the release of McKesson Cardiology 13.0, a single database solution for cardiac and peripheral catheterization, hemodynamics monitoring, electrophysiology (EP), echocardiography, vascular ultrasound, nuclear cardiology and ECG/stress/holter management.

Is the widely reported lawsuit pitting Montana Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology Specialists against St. Peter’s Hospital another sign of a particularly litigious future for radiology? As hospitals continue to opt for exclusive contracts, Mark F. Weiss, JD, believes the answer may indeed be yes.