Radiologist assistants (RAs) and radiology practitioner assistants (RPAs) may not supervise any imaging exams. 

The last two years have seen a marked increase in the number of investigations, prosecutions and settlements involving imaging centers and radiologists. 

Last week’s decision by CMS to cover low-dose CT for lung cancer screening was widely hailed by medical associations that have a dog in the fight. Rooters included the ACR, the Lung Cancer Alliance and the American Thoracic Society. But critics quickly weighed in—from both sides of the debate.

Smaller healthcare providers are struggling to catch up with their larger counterparts, but across the board more organizations are embracing the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) for medical coding compared with a year ago. 

Following months of anticipation, CMS has put aside MEDCAC's vote of low confidence in favor of approving reimbursement for lung-cancer screening with low-dose CT for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.

While the nation deliberates what a Republican Senate means for gridlock in Washington, the specialty’s political action committee has a more pragmatic objective: Counting the number of investments that paid off in wins.

Don’t look for much to happen in Congress through the end of the year: It's an election year, and there are too many seats at stake.

Private insurers will soon have no choice but to cover low-dose CT screenings for high-risk patients, but a fight is brewing over whether Medicare should follow suit.