Incidental findings are a growing problem, amid wide variation in follow-up recommendations

Since the advent of teleradiology and the new phase of increased competition it ushered in, the nature of the radiology practice has been evolving.

After kicking the can down the road on the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for more than a decade, health policymakers appear to be reaching consensus on some of the elements needed in a strategy for the reform of physician payment, health economist Gail R. Wilensky, PhD, writes in Health Affairs. 

Humans resist change: This is the bane of leaders, both seasoned and new to the game—particularly, at the moment, in health care. N. Reed Dunnick, MD, says, “We have many things going on, in our field, that require us to change.”

When CMS asked the ACR® to create bundled codes for breast biopsy, the writing was on the wall

Sorting out who’s who in radiology professional services is no easy task

A new study suggests that the cost of implementing the ICD-10 code set could be as much as three times previously estimated for physician practices, prompting the AMA to call for a two-year grace period for physicians.

CMS today announced that it would initiate a National Coverage Analysis on lung cancer screening with low-dose CT.The action was taken in response to two formal requests to initiate the NCA, one from Peter B. Bach, director, Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; the other one came from Laurie Fenton Ambrose, president & CEO, Lung Cancer Alliance.