February 2025

NP leader scores $750,000 grant with hopes of boosting lung cancer screening uptake by the thousands
ACR pans federal idea to let nonphysicians read X-rays, citing ‘resounding backlash’
Efforts needed to improve interventional radiology awareness among specialists: Survey
Radiologist claims he was shorted in $20M imaging center sale to private equity platform
RadNet sees rocky 2025 start, with severe weather leading to $22M revenue loss
Biograph, a new whole-body MRI startup, launches with $7,500 membership fee
Small practices, individual radiologists at a disadvantage in Medicare quality pay program
RadNet teams with OB-GYN practice to launch breast imaging services across multiple locations
Radiology provider Akumin establishes physician advisory board to spur innovation
Radiology Partners fires back in battle with Aetna, accusing payer of ‘shamelessly prioritizing profits’
Appeals court rejects radiologist’s attempt to revive whistleblower suit over ‘troubling’ IR colleague
Radiologists skeptical of projections that rad shortages will persist into 2055
President Trump signs executive order on healthcare price transparency
Fujifilm scores $10M imaging contract with the US military
SimonMed Imaging failed to protect patient information before ransomware attack, class action lawsuit claims
Imaging startup Ezra hopes to launch 15-minute, $500 whole-body MRI by 2026
Canon Healthcare investing $34M to open new US headquarters, imaging resource center
What radiology leaders can learn from the world’s ‘Blue Zones,’ where people live significantly longer
Radiology societies demand moratorium on enforcement of ‘concerning’ Medicare decision
Chinese companies accused of conspiring to steal imaging trade secrets from Philips
Imaging industry lobbying group criticizes FDA staffing cuts
East Coast health system launches radiology residency program to combat ‘critical shortage’
Siemens raises $1.5B by selling stake in Healthineers imaging division
How radiology groups can contain damage from future cyberattacks
Physicians refer lower-pay Medicaid patients to interventional radiology, operate on more lucrative commercially insured
Strategic Radiology enters new state, adding 24-physician Radiology Inc.
Private equity-backed digital education platform TrueLearn acquires radiology vendor Medality
Private-equity radiology group owner Grovecourt Capital acquires MRI solutions provider IMRIS Imaging
4 factors driving diagnostic radiology profession’s ‘popularity surge’
ACR hopes new quality metric could boost lung cancer screening rates to 70%
Patients fail to undergo follow-up breast imaging services, despite same-day availability
Data-sharing startup Avandra Imaging raises nearly $18M from top health systems, others
Radiology practices ‘strongly’ urged to seek counsel over Corporate Transparency Act
Physician turnover increases after private-equity investors sell their practice ownership stake
Urology practice joins growing number of peers hiring interventional radiologists
Radiology practice SimonMed Imaging suffers apparent ransomware attack
Radiology groups ‘look forward’ to working with new HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
Whole-body MRI radiology group Prenuvo raises $120M, launches new scan services
Radiologists debate the merits of AI for work list triage in emergency settings
Congressman proposes banning prior authorization across all health plans
$16.4M grant fuels creation of ‘world’s first’ mobile, whole-body CT scanner
Mexico, not China, is biggest tariff concern among radiology vendors
Radiologist shortage will persist into 2055 without counteraction
Radiology artificial intelligence firm Harrison.ai raises $112M, opens US office
Radiologists overlook lung lesion on X-ray leading to nearly 5-year cancer diagnosis delay
The impact of Trump tariffs on iodine contrast media costs
ACR wants Medicare to add more radiology measures in MIPS quality pay program
Clinical decision support fails to reduce inappropriate imaging requests
Radiology societies, all 50 state medical associations push Medicare pay fix
ACR wants radiology prioritized in Senate bill to boost number of residency slots
Academic practices may be losing radiologists to more flexible competitors, data show
Pennsylvania, South Carolina propose requiring insurers to cover breast MRI, ultrasound
Cyberattack forces radiology practice to close ‘for the foreseeable future’
Radiologist ponders: ‘If private practice is so great, why are so many groups struggling?’
State senator wants task force to study private equity’s impact on radiology
Radiology practice SimonMed Imaging launches breast AI program charging $40 a pop
Troubled radiology vendor’s stock delisted from the Nasdaq
Physicians want Medicare Advantage plans to stop auto-denying imaging services
Ultrasound-maker Butterfly Network seeks to raise $76M through public stock offering
Should emergency medicine malpractice protections extend to consultant radiologists?
Top performing PACS companies based on user feedback
Radiology business advocates’ top 5 priorities in Washington
Radiology Partners affiliate ARA Diagnostic Imaging reaches in-network deal with UnitedHealthcare
Radiologists call for action to address ‘growing suburban-urban gap’ in breast cancer detection
Enterprise imaging expands in smaller and midsized hospitals
Imaging lobbying group wants medical devices exempt from Trump tariffs
Simple IT tweak fuels same-day radiologist reads and clinic visits
Radiology department launches ‘financially viable’ 2nd-opinion service, ditches ‘curbside consults’
Hospital giant Intermountain continues expanding homegrown outpatient imaging center chain
Lawmakers propose bipartisan bill to undo physician Medicare pay cut
Judge grants class-action status in suit over controversial $164M radiology practice sale
Corporations acquired 113 radiology practices, imaging centers over 11-year period
GE HealthCare invests $138M in new contrast media manufacturing site amid rising demand