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Two respected radiology organizations have issued a stark warning on the new recommendations, stating that they risk confusing patients and “may contribute to thousands of additional breast cancer deaths each year.”

Breast arterial calcifications (BACs) identified on screening mammograms may help identify women who face a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new analysis published in Clinical Imaging.

HB 1364, a bill some radiologists pushed back against, is headed to the Governor’s desk to be finalized. It is set to take effect on Oct. 1. 

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"This case reflects a troubling pattern in which payers, dissatisfied with IDR results, increasingly try to attack those outcomes outside the framework Congress created," Rad Partners says. 

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“Expanding residency slots and mitigating workforce attrition will be necessary to mitigate increasing workforce gaps," experts write in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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The figure places the specialty third among medicine’s highest earners, behind only orthopedics ($611,000) and cardiology ($575,000), Medscape reports. 

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"Topped-out" measures may not actually reflect universally high performance, a new analysis of CMS data shows. 

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David Grau, Lucid’s chief operating officer, will take on the title beginning May 1, replacing Steve Corbeil. 

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NCCN suggests that 5-year future breast cancer risk assessments based on routine mammograms should be integrated into standard practices. 

David Grau LucidHealth

David Grau, Lucid’s chief operating officer, will take on the title beginning May 1, replacing Steve Corbeil. 

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NCCN suggests that 5-year future breast cancer risk assessments based on routine mammograms should be integrated into standard practices. 

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