Henry Ford providers recently detailed the rare case of a 70-year-old woman who developed a large nodule four years after the procedure.

Accessing such info prior to reading scans is debated among medical circles, amid concerns that it could bias physicians. 

Michael Ulissey, MD, with CDI Women's Centers near Seattle, urged Congress to act before pay reductions take hold Jan. 1. 

Current guidelines out of the American Cancer Society and USPSTF do not recommend this practice, experts noted.

During the pandemic’s worst points, providers logged roughly 38,000 fewer such scans in an average day, according to a new analysis. 

This role has created controversy in some circles, but experts with the Perelman School of Medicine say extenders make business sense, when deployed strategically. 

All told, the feds have doled out $106 billion in payments to smooth over cash flow issues as imaging and other patient volume dried up in March. 

Widespread shutdowns of mammography screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic have left thousands of women in danger.