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Money Machines
Open Advanced MRI may be operating illegally in Oregon because of the way it engages in practices. Each doctor that refers a patient to have an MRI will receive $500 from OAMRI, and also receive money for other scans as well.
Tags: Gerald Warnock; insurance; medicaid; medicare; medical; physician
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Nightmare
The Amoco Research Center in suburban Naperville has been hit with a horrifying medical mystery. From 1989 to 1998, 19 employees were diagnosed with brain tumor, and four died. The article tells the story of the workers that started to speak out about their safety.
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Boy Dies In MRI Accident
The Journal News investigates an incident at a Westchester Hospital in which a 6-year-old boy was killed by an oxygen tank that was magnetically sucked into an MRI machine. Employees not following safety procedures caused a metal oxygen tank to be brought into the room where there were powerful magnets.
Tags: hospitals; MRI; accidental death
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Warm Bodies: Doctor-owned Labs Earn Lavish Profits in a Captive Market
Wall Street Journal two-part series examines the practice of doctors receiving kickbacks for hospital referrals; also looks at the tremendous profits doctors reap from referring patients to facilities, such as laboratories and rehabilitation centers, that they own or hold stock in; finds unnecessary hospital stays, surgeries and lab work, Feb. 27 - March 1, 1989.
Tags: Bogdanich Waldholz American Medical International MRI Furth