The Pennsylvania Department of Insurance has finally approved insurer Highmark’s bid to purchase the struggling West Penn Allegheny Health System.

Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark) have introduced bi-partisan legislation to delay the mandatory closing of the Federal Helium Reserve this year and ensure the government’s effort to privatize its supply of helium is more orderly

According to the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) lawsuit, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification program is nothing but a "money making scheme" that violates antitrust law

A radiologist running the Boston Marathon with his daughter, a pediatrician, were among the first health care providers on the scene after bombs exploded at the finish line of the race

A report out today from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) adds urgency to efforts to repeal the SGR formula and keep the pressure on health care cost containment

A new ASRT white paper sounds a warning about technologist training and staffing challenges in an era of shrinking imaging reimbursement and rapid technological change, but also offers ways to correct these issues

New Orleans-based Cook Medical took the opportunity of the SIR meeting to introduce its new fully-retractable .035 inch embolization coil for peripheral arterial and venous embolization

The patent covers a system for monitoring the portions of a medical image displayed at full resolution and reducing the chance of a missing an abnormality in the image due to the viewer examining a portion of the image at a different resolution or other display parameter.