Such low-value testing can include chest X-rays or ultrasound of the heart that add extra costs for the patient without improving outcomes, Michigan Medicine experts wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

The majority of self-employed physicians in imaging (51%) said they believe that 1%-25% of the drop in patient volume during the pandemic is permanent, according to new survey data.

The announcement comes the same day HIMSS said it will require attendees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 if they want to attend its Las Vegas conference in August.  

Imaging advocates want Medicare payment codes to reflect cost differences for performing varying types of exams, such as PET with and without CT. 

ACR President Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, introduced the group during her presidential address. 

The college is concerned gray areas in the No Surprises Act give health insurers leeway “that could be used as leverage to disrupt good-faith negotiations.” 

Asymptomatic individuals received four surveillance scans each year at an annual cost of $9,600, experts wrote in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 

Boston-based Medically Home offers imaging via portable scanners, while patients requiring MRI or CT are transported to a facility and then brought back to their residence