As the United States works to solve its ongoing opioid epidemic, medical specialties are beginning to examine their own behaviors to see who is, and is not, prescribing opioids. For example, a team of researchers used public Medicare data to study the number of opioids prescribed in 2015 by more than 2,000 radiologists from practices predominantly focused on interventional radiology.

In 2016, radiology technician Manoj Kunjachan of White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, was found guilty of misdemeanor third-degree sexual abuse for molesting a patient in July 2015. That patient is now suing Kunjachan for causing her “to suffer and sustain severe and potentially permanent personal injuries” as a result of the incident.

Radiologists—especially those working at teaching hospitals—see some of the country’s most clinically complex Medicare patients, according to a report published in the February edition of Academic Radiology.

Patients are often required to pay high out-of-pocket costs for advanced imaging services, especially when out of their network, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The authors suggested that radiologists should communicate these costs to patients to help prevent “surprise billing.”

“With an AR-15, the shooter does not have to be particularly accurate. The victim does not have to be unlucky," wrote Florida-based radiologist Heather Sher.

Infused chemotherapy is associated with lower costs for commercial insurance providers when administered at a physician’s office compared to a hospital outpatient department (HOPD), according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology.

Sixty years ago, a man found a handwritten message inside a bottle on an Australian beach. When he couldn’t track down the note’s author, he put it away for decades. His son recently found the note, however, and the mystery has been solved; it was written by radiologist William Hare, back in 1935.

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) announced Wednesday, Feb. 21, its opposition to President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget provision aimed at expanding site-neutral payment policies, according to a release. The move would reduce Medicare payments for imaging services performed in certain hospital and outpatient settings.