All told, the private equity-backed physician services firm employs more than 900 radiologists operating in 570-plus facilities. 

Beyond COVID-19, some big names made their way into our most-read stories of the year, ranging from Walmart to Cigna, the American Board of Radiology and even action star Chuck Norris. 

CMS had originally planned to kick off the mandatory bundled-payment effort in July, but will now punt the go-live date to Jan. 1, 2022. 

Lawmakers also finalized a long-discussed ban on surprise medical bills and pushed back the radiation oncology payment model's go-live date.

The Radiological Society of North America—and similar groups in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand—offered 9 steps to support this endeavor.

A California-based institution is modifying its inoculation strategy to include such early career physicians, noting that an algorithm “failed to prioritize house staff.” 

Congress approved the measure on Dec. 21, targeting out-of-network radiology care with a new arbitration process. 

These demands will only grow louder if CMS moves forward with an anticipated cut to rad pay, experts wrote in JACR.