From 2013 to 2022, the percentage of rads submitting breast care claims to Medicare dropped from about 47% down to 34%. 

Due to the elective, rather than diagnostic, nature of these exams, operators are not required to complete formal training or be registered if the scans are done in privately owned entities. 

Women's health experts are calling the approval a "long-awaited leap forward" for obstetrical care.

A news release indicates the suspensions are due to breast images not meeting the college's clinical quality standards. 

The ability to predict interval cancer risk is intriguing for providers, as these cancers are often more aggressive and have worse prognoses.

The number of women who had a screening mammogram miss cancer leapt from less than 1 per 1,000 women in 2010 up to as high as 2.5 by 2022.

Utilizing both exams provides greater anatomic detail than using one or the other alone. Doing so could significantly improve patient outcomes, experts charge. 

Advanced imaging among this patient population could help radiologists better understand the risk of potential cancer recurrence. 

The guidelines are a collaboration between the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the Society of Breast Imaging.

Blackstone and TPG have reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company for approximately $79 per share.