Introducing RadiologyBusiness.com: News You Need

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Radiology Business, the weekly newsletter from RadiologyBusiness.com. With news in our market developing at such a rapid rate, we aim to provide a weekly digest of topics, trends and happenings important to radiology business professionals.

While we will be sending a weekly newsletter to you, feel free to drop in on our website each day at RadiologyBusiness.com. Here you’ll find news added daily, longer-length features and insights on strategies to thrive in a very challenging healthcare environment. You also will find articles from our companion magazine, Radiology Business Journal.

We want to hear from you, too. Be sure to send us news and announcements from your hospitals and practices on M&A, new service lines and executive appointments—and let us know if there are topics you want to hear more about.

Last week, low-dose CT lung-cancer screening dominated the news, with MEDCAC’s low-confidence vote and the ACR's release of Lung-RADS, a numeric system to standardize the reporting of lung-cancer screening studies.

Moving ahead, we look forward to communicating with greater frequency as we develop our new website and newsletter offerings.

 Cheryl Proval, Editor
Cheryl Proval,

Vice President, Executive Editor, Radiology Business

Cheryl began her career in journalism when Wite-Out was a relatively new technology. During the past 16 years, she has covered radiology and followed developments in healthcare policy. She holds a BA in History from the University of Delaware and likes nothing better than a good story, well told.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.