When it comes to the likelihood of being sued for malpractice, radiologists have less to fear than their colleagues in many other medical specialties, reveals a study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In addition to eight trends currently affecting radiology practice, physicians can expect to encounter four “truly scary” trends over the next few years, says Lawrence Muroff, MD, CEO and president of Imaging Consultants in Tampa, Florida, and clinical professor of radiology the University of Florida and University of South Florida Colleges of

Eight trends are negatively impacting the practice of radiology, and radiologists are responsible for several of them.

Devicor™ Medical Products, Inc., a portfolio company of Chicago, Illinois-based private equity firm GCTR, last week announced the execution of its previously revealed agreement to acquire the neoprobe® gamma detection system (GDS) products and related assets from Neoprobe Corporation.

Forming an effective Accountable Care Organization (ACO) through a merger without running into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission's anti-trust rules may require walking a fine line and paying close attention to an evolving set of government rules and recommendations.

With new research showing that CT scans may help in the early detection of lung-cancer in current or former smokers, hospitals are increasingly offering steeply discounted CT scans to patients for cash, reports Kaiser Health News (KHN).

With tremendous political power concentrated in the 12 members of the Congressional "super committee" tasked with cutting as much as $1.5 billion from the Federal budget, having an established political relationship with super committee members may be one of the few ways interest groups have to influence the outcome of the committee's budget cut

To make a point about how health IT can curb runaway health care costs, Peter R. Orszag cited the experience of Partners HealthCare System Inc. in Boston.