Multiple minefields await the practice with careless compliance practices.

When mothers return to work after having children, they often face an issue that may never cross the mind of their male coworkers: finding a proper lactation facility. According to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, radiology departments and practices have ethical, legal and financial reasons to provide such facilities for employees.

Three of radiology's best-known legal minds share their thoughts on the most pressing legal concerns in 2016.

While 22 states mandate insurers to cover virtual colonoscopy screening, it’s yet to be fully covered under Medicare, citing “insufficient evidence on test characteristics and performance” in a 2009 brief. Since then, imaging societies and patient advocacy groups representing millions of Americans have urged Medicare to reverse it’s decision.

The FDA has published draft updated recommendations that assist manufacturers with knowing when they are legally required to notify the FDA about medical device modifications. An additional guidance focused on software devices was also published. The two documents, once finalized, will replace a guidance that dates back to 1997.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is facing three counts of felony securities fraud, accepted a $100,000 gift to fund his defense from the head of an imaging company his office was investigating for Medicaid fraud, according to the Associated Press.

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology confirmed something that most radiologists likely already knew to be true: physician trainees do not have a firm grasp of the costs associated with medical imaging. 

The FDA has announced a public workshop called, “Refurbishing, Reconditioning, Rebuilding, Remarketing, Remanufacturing, and Servicing of Medical Devices Performed by Third-Party Entities and Original Equipment Manufacturers,” which is scheduled for October 27 and 28.