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 () |