Carestream will continue its five-year role as the U.S. government’s provider of digital imaging display systems. The company announced Sept. 28 it has won the Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (DIN-PACS IV). 

Potential congressional plans for cutting Medicare reimbursement for low-dose CT lung cancer screenings would be a problem for patients and providers, the ACR said in the statement. 

Members of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA), one of the biggest radiology management organizations in the U.S., said it hopes CMS can clarify and possibly change certain x-ray claim modifier, payment classification and appropriate use policies in its 2017 rules. According to the AHRA comments, deadlines certain Appropriate Use Criteria rules might be unrealistic and some claims modifier rules are confusing. 

On Sept. 6, more than 80 patient advocacy groups, health providers and medical associations published a letter that urged CMS not to follow through with the LDCT lung cancer screening reimbursement cuts. Laurie Fenton Ambrose, president and CEO of Lung Cancer Alliance, spoke with Radiology Business about the importance of LDCT screening, the work Lung Cancer Alliance has done to increase screening access and more. 

In late August, the Granite State formalized licensing standards for radiographers, nuclear medicine technologists and other imaging professionals. New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan signed Senate Bill 330 into law, establishing a seven-member board to administer licensing regulation and professional standards.

More than 80 organizations, including the American College of Radiology (ACR) and numerous healthcare systems, are asking CMS not to follow through with low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening reimbursement cuts included in the 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. 

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan ceremonially signed into law Aug. 9 SB330, a bill proposing to regulate the licensure of imaging professionals in the state, including MRI technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, radiologist assistants and sonographers, among other positions, in the state. 

The United States Preventive Services Task Force finally gives CT colonography a thumbs up