For treating patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), interventional radiologists cost Medicare less and resulted in better outcomes compared to other specialists.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill designed to address the shortage of medical isotopes used in the vast majority of nuclear medicine scans.

GE Healthcare got a little more than it bargained for when it acquired Amersham Health Inc. in 2004. The company recently paid the federal government $30 million to settle allegations that Amersham violated the False Claims Act.

Vermont radiologists made their opinions known about a proposed 21% cut to Medicaid reimbursement, and the legislature lowered the reduction to just 2%.

Welcome to the fifth annual radiology-group survey results. A different approach in gathering information was used this year. In the past, the survey was 100% based on submissions provided by the groups themselves. This year, the Radiology Business Journal staff researched the practice market and sought out large groups, asking them to submit information. Some entries were based on information taken from the groups’ websites. The results look complete and do represent the largest 100 radiology groups owned by radiologists in the country.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins will begin searching for new ways to detect cancers in the earliest stages within cells using advanced imaging techniques.

Brain imaging techniques could be the most effective way to measure the progression of Huntington Disease, according to a study published this month in The Lancet.

Compared to the early 1990s, women with breast cancer today undergo many more imaging tests during the course of their treatment, according to a recent study reported by HealthDay.com.