The figure includes about $208.5 million for initial board certification and another $775.3 million for maintaining the designation over a 35-year career. 

Hospitals and physicians are pressing lawmakers to pass two previously proposed pieces of legislation that allow international medical graduates to work here longer. 

The Food and Drug Administration approval comes amid growing interest in remote-scan technology following the COVID pandemic. 

About 5% of U.S. healthcare organizations have now implemented such competency testing, with about 13% of physicians deemed unfit for the job. 

Up to 530 positions in Mortsel, Belgium, could be affected by the reductions, including blue- and white-collar employees and management. 

“Do we need to change the culture of medicine? Yes. But also, let doctors be doctors, and you’ll see how many of them happily work 60 hours a week," one noted radiologist wrote. 

All major disciplines across medical imaging and radiation therapy have recorded compensation increases over the last two years, according to ASRT. 

Leaders from 31 different radiology societies recently met to discuss the specialty's biggest problems, offering solutions in a newly published analysis.