Physician advocacy groups including the RBMA, ASTRO, MGMA and AMA criticized the final rule, with the latter calling it a "recipe for financial instability." 

Widow Marlene Jackson accused Ohio radiologist Peter G. Knabe, MD, of negligence in failing to spot signs of lung cancer on her husband's CT scans.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health recently held a hearing to discuss the proposal, with rads hopeful it will be included in a year-end package.

The rule seeks to improve communication between health insurers, physicians and the independent entities that arbitrate disagreements over out-of-network payments. 

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance, which represents device manufacturers, praised the president's announcement.

“Physicians everywhere—across every state and specialty—continue to carry tremendous burdens that have us frustrated, burned out, abandoning hope," said AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld. 

That’s because the nation’s largest trade group for medical doctors is conducting a practice survey that could have big implications for physician payment.

Vuno's DeepBrain is intended to automate the manual process of identifying, labeling and quantifying brain structures from MRIs.