Radiology wasn’t alone, as overall median compensation across all specialties increased 5.3% while median net collections climbed 4.3%, AMGA reports. 

General radiology technologists taking humble X-rays and working under contract directly boost their organizations’ bottom lines by $626,825 per year.

About 31% of radiologists surveyed said they have attained this level of income, placing the specialty in a tie for No. 2 with gastroenterology. 

Members of the specialty have seen their compensation rise 7.48% during a time when the CPI climbed 21%, according to new data from the MGMA. 

Members of the specialty earned average pay of $498,000, up 3% from 2023, according to the latest salary survey from Medscape. 

UT Southwestern has introduced a grading template in knee radiograph reports to help decrease the use of unnecessary MR imaging. 

Physicians at Chicago-based McGaw Medical Center are working over 80 hours per week while collecting inadequate compensation, organizers said.

The nation’s largest healthcare corporation has made an offer for the Corvallis Clinic in Oregon, which has 11 locations across the state's Willamette Valley.