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Oak Ridge Breast Center earns perfect FDA score for 20th year

Posted at 1:43 pm March 16, 2016
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The Oak Ridge Breast Center received a perfect FDA score during a recent evaluation. This is the 20th year in a row that the Breast Center received a perfect score. (Photo by Covenant Health)

 

Once again, Oak Ridge Breast Center has earned a perfect score as the result of an annual inspection by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. It marks the 20th consecutive year the center has achieved a perfect score and follows its elite designation as a Breast Center of Excellence, a press release said.

FDA inspections are an important component in enforcement of the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, according to breast center manager Shari Blattner. The law was passed in response to concerns that mammography didn’t meet uniformly high standards throughout the United States.

Breast cancer centers must meet stringent guidelines. Standards cover quality assurance and quality control; radiology equipment; qualifications of technicians, physicians, and medical physicists; and medical record keeping. Inspections and certifications check everything from the mammography facility to the films for final images and the image quality.

“The FDA found that Oak Ridge Breast Center is in complete compliance with national mammography quality standards, and it had no recommendations for improvements,” Blattner said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Health, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Radiology, American College of Radiology Guidelines, breast cancer, breast cancer centers, Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, Cheyenne Ambulatory Center, Commission on Breast Imaging, Commission on Quality and Safety, FDA, FDA inspections, Food and Drug Administration, mammography, Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Oak Ridge Breast Center, perfect FDA score, perfect score, Shari Blattner

Two orthopedic clinics to pay $1.85 million over Medicare billing allegations

Posted at 5:42 pm January 25, 2014
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Two orthopedic clinics in East Tennessee have agreed to pay a combined $1.85 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed state and federal health care programs for reimported osteoarthritis medications, known as viscosupplements, federal authorities said.

Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics, P.C., with headquarters in Knoxville and nine locations in East Tennessee, will pay $1.3 million and Appalachian Orthopaedic Clinics, P.C., with headquarters in Kingsport and three locations in the Tri-Cities area, will pay $550,000, according to a press release from  the U.S. Attorney William C. Killian said in a press release. Killian is U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Tennessee.

The press release said viscosupplements, such as Synvisc and Orthovisc, are injections approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of osteoarthritis pain in the knee. Viscosupplements are reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs at a set rate based on the average sales price of the domestic product. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Appalachian Orthopaedic Clinics, Department of Justice, Derrick L. Jackson, Douglas Estey, Eastern District of Tennessee, False Claims Act, FDA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Food and Drug Administration, Genzyme Corp., injections, Medicaid, Medicare, Office of Inspector General, orthopedic clinics, Orthovisc, osteoarthritis pain, reimported osteoarthritis medications, reimported viscosupplements, Synvisc, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorneys' Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, viscosupplements, William C. Killian

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