Anderson Healthcare in Maryville, Illinois, said it's short on techs and rads and facing weeklong delays in report turnaround times. 

CMS is seeking to cut unnecessary use of certain IR services in Medicare, such as image-guided decompression of the spine, epidural steroid injections and percutaneous vertebral augmentation.  

Bipartisan senators recently reintroduced the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, which could help fill care gaps in rural geographies. 

In other news, Rutgers has selected a Yale doc as its new radiation oncology chair, RadNet is hiring a former Hologic PR pro, and Rad AI is adding a CFO and CRO. 

Capitol Radiology in Laurel, Maryland, first filed suit against the two companies in July 2024, claiming they inked a no-bid joint venture that would push it out of business. 

Leaders with the Los Angeles-based imaging center operator discussed the rationale behind the deal during a quarterly earnings call on Aug. 11. 

Investments in MRI software, expanded CT offerings on both coasts, and new PET products have all helped increase advanced imaging to about 27.5% of RadNet's procedural volumes. 

Six physician professional associations recently made their case in a letter to Howard Lutnick, secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.