Question 1. Is the CMS policy that requires documenting shared decision-making for lung cancer screening even working?

Last week CMS dug in with its decision to put off finalizing an alternative value-based payment model for radiation oncology services to “a date to be determined through future rulemaking.”

For this reason, these patients may need pointed guidance upon ED discharge lest cancers go undetected in early stages.  

Munir Ghesani, MD, president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and system chief of nuclear medicine at Mount Sinai Health, explains PSMA-PET has seen rapid adoption because it can significantly improve prostate cancer detection and treatment. 
 

Developments that broke softly but may soon make waves in radiology.

Almost 10 of every 1,000 patients evaluated for trauma injuries in 2018 received CT scans of the chest, abdomen and pelvis to supply a diagnostic view of, in essence, the entire torso.

One radiologist is being held liable for a patient’s injuries due to a “breach of standard of care” despite another radiologist also missing the same significant finding, Canadian Lawyer reports. 

The Biden administration has mandated that all federally-funded research become available to the public––for free.