Mammography is making headlines again with the recently released United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft breast cancer screening recommendations—bookended by a humbling prediction from the National Cancer Institute that breast cancer cases could increase by 50 percent over the next 15 years. 

Breast-imaging interpretations by telemedicine? More than a few have said that it couldn’t be done—or, at least, that it couldn’t be done well.

When we began working with our first radiology clients well over 10 years ago, we assumed they would be similar to most other medical and law groups for which we had consulted.

Medicare imaging spending is down overall, but the exact figures vary from state to state, according to findings made available by Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD, and colleagues at the American College of Radiology’s ACR 2015 Annual Meeting.

Virtual Radiologic Corporation (vRad) made headlines last week when it was acquired by MEDNAX, Inc. for $500 million. It’s big news, but according to vRad Chief Solutions Officer David Trachtenberg, the company’s outlook remains unchanged.

The latest legislative activity around ICD-10 implementation does not aim to stop or delay the transition to the a newer version of the codes, but would put in place more rigorous testing and an 18-month grace period after the Oct. 1 deadline.

How many women will lose coverage of annual breast cancer screening if the draft breast screening recommendations announced by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in April are implemented? Approximately 17 million women ages 40 to 49 would lose guaranteed coverage of mammography, according to recent analysis by Avalere.

Leesburg, VA, May 1, 2015—Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, was elected the 115th president of ARRS at its 2015 Annual Meeting last month in Toronto. He succeeds Dr. Melissa Rosado de Christenson, who served as ARRS president from 2014 to 2015.