The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will delay for another year the required implementation of ICD-10, the billing code sets known as the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes. The new deadline for compliance is October 1, 2014.

Radiologist Malik Juweid who has been in a long running dispute with the University of Iowa was fired from his position as a tenured professor at the university after a three-person judicial panel found that he had indeed compromised patient confidentiality and acted inappropriately toward coworkers.

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.