U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. (VA)
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Veterans Dept. signs Calgary Scientific, Agilex for on-demand access to diagnostic images
The Dept. of Veterans affairs handed imaging contracts to Calgary Scientific and Agilex to boost its mobile and remote access to diagnostic images.
The terms of the contract were not announced, but Agilex called the deal "competitive."
Agilex plans to build on Calgary’s ResolutionMD enterprise image-viewer, giving clinicians around the country secure, on-demand access on desktop and mobile devices.
Siemens slips VA fraud lawsuit
Biotronik inks VA deal
Biotronik said it inked a deal to provide cardiac rhythm management devices to the 8 million veterans served by the U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept.
The Berlin-based company makes cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators and endovascular medical devices.
AMC Health lands $29M VA contract
Telehealth solutions firm AMC Health said it expanded its government services division with a 5-year U.S. Veteran Affairs Dept. contract worth up to $28.8 million.
Abiomed jumps on massive VA order for Impella pumps
Congress cuts VA salaries to send a message about backlogged claims | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL —Senior officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs will see reduced salaries and fewer bonuses in 2014 after the House voted to send a message about the tomes of backlogged veteran’s disability claims.
The more than 800,000 backlogged veteran’s disability claims have been a hot-button issue across party lines, and the new budget beefs up allocated money for processing these claims while cutting down on senior official’s compensation.
Indiana’s Walorski questions VA on medical device tax impact
Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and all but 1 of Indiana’s delegation in the U.S. House sent a letter to Eric Shinseki, secretary of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept., asking for some color on how the medical device tax will hit the VA.
Walorski, joined by the other 6 Republican representatives from the Hoosier State and Democrat André Carson (only Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) failed to sign on), asked Shinseki to quantify the impact of the 2.3% levy on medical device revenues on the VA in fiscal 2014 and FY2015.
Security: Health regulators demonstrate new EHR exchange standards
Regulators at the Depts. of Health & Human Services and Veterans Affairs this week demonstrated new standards for transmitting sensitive health information in a manner that protects private data.
The demonstration builds on a recent notice of proposed rule-making released by HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, which is soliciting public comment on rules for secure data communication for health information exchange networks.
St. Jude Medical settles VA false claims suit for $3.7M
St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) agreed to pay nearly $3.7 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing it of failing to rebate the federal government for explanted pacemakers and defibrillators.