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Private equity activity ‘steady’ in 2025, with a dozen-plus deals in diagnostic imaging

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year.

Radiologists urge Cigna to rescind coverage restriction for key imaging procedure

The Connecticut-based payer is labeling peripheral nerve stimulation, used to treat chronic pain, as medically unnecessary, with the Society of Interventional Radiology and others questioning the rationale.

ACR rallies support for bill to punish payers who fail to pony up under No Surprises Act

Bipartisan lawmakers previously introduced the No Surprises Act Enforcement Act last summer, seeking to close loopholes in the landmark legislation.

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Lawmakers urge administration to exempt radiologists and other healthcare workers from new $100,000 visa fee

Members of Congress caution that the fee could be especially consequential for rural and urban safety net hospitals, which could be pushed “to their financial brink” if they are required to absorb the charge.

FDA fast tracks SPECT imaging agent targeted toward interstitial lung disease

Experts believe the imaging agent "has the potential to meaningfully advance early diagnosis, change the treatment paradigm and improve patient outcomes."

Rich Fabian, Medical Imaging Technology at AdvaMed Imaging chair of board, a medtech industry group made up of medical imaging companies to address higher level public policy concerns, explains key reimbursement issues impacting medical imaging.

Imaging industry group concerned about paltry insurance payment rates

Chairman Rich Fabian says AdvaMed Imaging is concerned about low Medicare pay rates and onerous rules created by private insurers.

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PHOTO GALLERY: What does acute COVID-19 and long COVID look like on medical imaging?

This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.

$iad Ali, MD, DPhil, director of the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute and director investigational interventional cardiology, St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) offers a shift in cardiac care and interventional cardiology because of the information it offers on plaque burden and ischemia based on fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT). #TCT #YesCCT$

CCTA becoming an essential tool for interventional cardiologists

Ziad Ali, MD, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography is creating a major shift in cardiac care.

Shared meals help department boost radiologist well-being

Weill Cornell Medicine recently explored the impact of meal-time outings in fostering physician job satisfaction, empathy and sense of connection.

Solis Mammography acquires 40-year-old breast imaging center alongside 3 more facility openings

The private equity-backed, Addison, Texas-based provider group recently reached a deal to buy the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center in Tennessee.

Dynamic chest radiography could be an alternative to pulmonary function tests for diagnosing COPD

Dynamic chest radiography could potentially replace pulmonary function tests

The X-ray technique uses continuous radiographic acquisition during respiration to assess lung function.

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Majority of residents' after-hours CT report discrepancies not clinically significant

A new analysis published in Emergency Radiology examines how likely it is for these discrepancies to lead to changes in diagnosis and patient care.

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CCTA becoming an essential tool for interventional cardiologists

Ziad Ali, MD, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography is creating a major shift in cardiac care.