RSNA released a set of guiding principles during the pandemic's early days, and researchers recently set out to gauge imaging providers' adherence, unearthing mixed results. 

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic status, racialized residential segregation, and socioeconomic status all play a part, according to research published in JAMA Oncology. 

These results have important implications for understanding patient preferences as determinants of adherence, imaging experts wrote recently. 

Imaging practices more likely to utilize NPPs are in urban areas, larger in size, and have a higher percentage of IR specialists, experts wrote in JACR. 

Decreased evaluation scores during the first three years of residency align with whether individuals failed the test, experts wrote recently. 

Proponents said the bipartisan bill would save residents thousands of dollars on interest and ease financial stress for those unable to begin repaying debt immediately.

“These trends represent the business, market, and technology dynamics that imaging leaders cannot afford to ignore,” Alliance Healthcare Services reported recently. 

Physician groups including the ACR and American Medical Association are pressing leaders to let the controversial provision expire.