Attorneys accuse Digirad of failing to pay minimum wages or overtime and shirking laws requiring regular meal and rest periods. 

“There’s a lot of scrambling among our members,” Radiology Business Management Association Executive Director Bob Still said Monday. 

As healthcare AI opens new avenues to improve care quality without unduly increasing operational costs, the technology also expands potential exposure to civil and criminal liabilities. And that’s not only for providers but also payers and suppliers.

In the absence of federal laws to address violence against healthcare workers, most state legislatures have taken up the cause on their own.

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

The chain of imaging centers was given a private practice exemption in Arizona, but it includes more than 60 different facilities.

Interventional cardiologists have been anticipating this news for quite some time. The device, the first of its kind, provides an alternative treatment option to repeat PCI or cardiac surgery for patients with coronary ISR.

Cardiac Imaging Inc. agreed to pay $85 million in October, the largest judgment in the “Laboratory, Pathology, Radiology and Diagnostics" category.