The use of the Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) criteria in reporting low-dose CT lung cancer screening results can result in lower false positives, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Emory University and WellStar Health System are in talks to create a new healthcare system in what WellStar CEO Reynold Jennings calls "a merger of equals."

A federal appeals court has affirmed that Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System violated state and federal anti-trust laws when it acquired Saltzer Medical Group in 2012.

When it comes to purchasing medical equipment, selecting secondhand doesn’t have to mean settling for second-rate. 

Two years after going into effect, the 2.3% medical device tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act continues to generate controversy as well as continued calls for its repeal. The present Congress, for example, has seen the introduction of the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015, which would repeal the tax retroactively to its first year of implementation in 2013. Gregory Sorensen, MD, the CEO and president of Siemens Healthcare North America, recently took some time to talk with RadiologyBusiness.com about his company’s opposition to the tax.

Choosing Wisely, the ABIM Foundation’s widely followed campaign to counter overutilization, urges doctors to exercise great discretion before ordering neuroimaging when the patient’s only symptom is a headache. A new study calls into question the soundness of the recommendation. 

A merger between Advanced Medical Imaging (AMI), Silverton, Wash., and Olympic Radiology, Bremerton, Wash., has resulted in an integrated 13-radiologist practice called Olympic Medical Imaging Consultants.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Thursday issued a final national coverage determination for Medicare coverage of screening for lung cancer with low dose computed tomography (LDCT).  Coverage is to go into effect immediately.