The CBR, due to an agreement signed with the AMB, has the legally guaranteed prerogative, possibly together with other associations, of granting the following specialist titles and certificates in the area of expertise: Radiology and Image Diagnosis General Ultrasound Ultrasound in Gynecology and Obstetrics Mammography Vascular ultrasound with Doppler Bone densitometry Diagnostic neuroradiology … Continue lendo
The national medical entities, the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM), the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), the Brazilian Medical Federation (FMB), the National Federation of Doctors (Fenam) and the National Association of Resident Doctors (ANMR) have launched a manifesto to candidates the President of the Republic with proposals to improve health in Brazil, which were elaborated during the XIII … Continue lendo
On July 11, 2018, ANVISA's order number 158 was published in the Official Gazette, which addresses the validity period of registration of health products. ORDER No. 158, OF JULY 11, 2018
In recent months, CBR's legal counsel has worked on several cases related to the defense of Radiology. In two of them, specifically, adopting the appropriate measures against institutions that publicize the offering of courses that violate the laws and regulations that involve medical practice. In the first of them, a notification was sent to an institution of … Continue lendo
The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR), once again, comes to alert the radiological class about the suppression, since the 8th edition of CBHPM, published in 2014, of the rules that suggested financial discount on multiple exams performed in the same patient, the so-called escalation. The “escalation” occurred in the same service as the … Continue lendo
In view of the controversy generated by the enactment of Law No. 7,898/2018, by the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, the Legal Advice of the Brazilian College of Radiology has the following comments to make: 1) The Federal Supreme Court, through ADPF 151, by means of an injunction, removed the binding of the minimum wage in the calculation of … Continue lendo
There is no prohibition under Brazilian law regarding the formalization of contracts in foreign currency. What is effectively prohibited is effective payment in a currency other than the Real. Articles 315 and 318 of the Civil Code, article 1 of Decree-law 857/69, and also article 1 of law 10,192/01, prohibit payment in … Continue lendo
Entities from different productive sectors and professional classes are mobilized to make the population and the political class aware of the PIS/COFINS Reform proposal, which is at the top of the government's priority agenda for this year. With the aim of strengthening this fight, a manifesto has been published in several newspapers and … Continue lendo
We have been monitoring cases of glosses from 30% to 40% of the entire volume served in various parts of Brazil. One of the largest supplementary health operators in the country has imposed the use of a token to confirm requests for consultations and exams with the justification of promoting more security, technology and transparency, allowing beneficiaries to confirm … Continue lendo
In claims involving the investigation of medical error in any of its modalities, the figures of the judicial expert and technical assistants invariably appear. The judicial expert has an assistential function and will be summoned by the Judge of Law who needs evidence of a technical nature, and the appointed professional will undertake an impartial analysis of … Continue lendo
