September 2021

CMS makes Merit-based Incentive Payment System updates following physician concerns ()
AI improves radiologists’ skeletal-age assessment accuracy while reducing interpretation times ()
Publicly traded radiology firm RadNet seeing ‘very active’ market for imaging center acquisitions ()
ACR releases new mammography guidance to aid in ongoing COVID-19 resurgence ()
Hospital giant Intermountain Healthcare launching outpatient imaging center chain amid pricing pressure ()
ACR Association offers up $225,000 to help local radiologists fight nonphysician scope-of-practice gains ()
Provider offering workplace and at-home diagnostic imaging expands into 22nd state ()
6 steps for seamlessly integrating an artificial intelligence solution into daily clinical practice ()
Large Medicare study explores common predictors of low-value imaging among hospital systems ()
Wearing a face mask may increase dictation errors in radiology reports ()
AI tool increases radiologists’ accuracy at spotting breast cancer on ultrasound scans by 37% ()
FDA clears artificial intelligence tool for incidentally determining heart disease risk via CT ()
Structured reporting for CT trauma scans produces faster, more detailed diagnoses ()
Billionaire ‘Shark Tank’ investor Mark Cuban promotes CT colonography to millions of followers ()
Radiology groups exchange lawsuits with vendor, alleging ongoing billing issues ()
Hundreds of radiologists flood feds with pleas to avoid massive Medicare pay cuts ()
Moody’s downgrades radiology provider Akumin’s outlook to ‘negative’ amid delay in furnishing financials ()
Imaging advocates blast CMS repeal of rule granting faster Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices ()
BMI a key clue to catching interval cancers between mammography screenings, large study finds ()
Worker dies after MRI machine plummets outside local hospital ()
Medical imaging informatics firm Flywheel raises $22M, acquires rival Radiologics ()
Radiologists could cut surgery costs with imaging-first approach to common foot ailment ()
Patients poorly understand common terms in imaging reports, potentially leading to low-value care ()
Exploring rare potential harms from low-dose CT lung cancer screening to aid decision making ()
Specialists collaborate to implement ‘game changer’ emergency MRI protocol for wake-up stroke ()
Biden administration to repeal Trump-era rule granting faster Medicare breakthrough device coverage ()
RSNA exhibitor signups down 20%, but interest in Chicago return still ‘strong’ ()
Private equity-backed breast imaging giant names new CMO after leader departs for AI firm ()
FDA warns troubled imaging center following similar state alert alleging ‘serious risk to human health’ ()
50 lawmakers join ‘overwhelming’ opposition against wage update that will gash radiologist pay ()
Personalized breast cancer risk assessments at primary care up patients’ odds of mammography use ()
ACR launching new performance-improvement network with $3M Gordon & Betty Moore grant ()
Feds to require COVID-19 vaccination at all healthcare facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid ()
Radiologists should scrutinize use of MRI-directed breast ultrasound to avoid inefficiencies, experts charge ()
Providers predict radiology practice closures if CMS fails to fix Medicare fee schedule ()
Radiologists pilot immediate mammography reading, same-day recalls to boost breast cancer outcomes ()
Former executives of now-defunct Smart Choice MRI eye expansion with new imaging center chain ()
Another radiology group requiring vaccination against COVID-19 to attend its conference ()
80-year-old practice joins Strategic Radiology’s growing coalition of independent providers ()
Radiology business leaders want feds to postpone surprise-billing ban by 1 year, to 2023 ()
Physician lawmakers take aim at Medicare pay cuts set to hit radiologists in near future ()
Radiology practices with 100 years of combined history merge in Northeast ()
Radiology Partners’ employee relief fund raises nearly $2M, doling out $450K since last year ()
6 key challenges radiology faces following the COVID-19 pandemic ()
Lab startup specializing in labeling medical images for artificial intelligence raises $15M ()
Standardizing MRI spine degradation definitions bolsters neuro, musculoskeletal radiologist agreement ()
More than 99% of X-rays after knee replacement are unnecessary, costing healthcare millions ()
Radiologists fear scope creep, pressing societies to oppose MARCA bill granting rad assistants more sway ()
Fertility treatment an opportune time to screen women in their 40s for breast cancer ()
CMS delays enforcement of key provision in No Surprises Act, drawing radiologist support ()
Radiology provider Akumin forms ‘powerhouse,’ closing $820M purchase of Alliance Healthcare Services ()
Hospital system switches from Radiology Partners to LucidHealth for outsourced imaging services ()
Imaging advocates, bipartisan lawmakers unite to oppose ‘misguided and massive’ Medicare pay cuts ()
FDA clears artificial intelligence algorithm for diagnosing osteoarthritis on knee X-rays ()