The American College of Radiology is predicting that imaging access will plunge and patient waiting times will soar from new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rules that will cut Medicare payments for outpatient imaging by an estimated 16% next year. More »
Although radiologists’ call to crack down on imaging self-referral has not found a strong reception in Congress, government agencies and insurance companies at the state level have been gradually tightening their oversight and control of the controversial practice. Radiologists could play an... More »
I grew up believing that you get what you pay for. Look for sales, not knockoffs. Buy inexpensive, not cheap. Those were my shopping tenets, handed down by parents who lived through the Great Depression. After many years of believing this, I’m sorry to say the tenets may not actually hold, at least... More »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) believes one PET scan is enough when doing a patient’s initial treatment evaluation, but seven medical imaging groups disagree. More »
Findings from a large multicenter study by U.S. researchers suggest 64-slice CT angiography is better suited to detect nonobstructive but otherwise clinically relevant coronary artery plaques in patients with diabetes than are other cardiac diagnostic tests. More »
Radiologists in Manchester, U.K., and Ghent, Belgium, have carried out highresolution CT on the 50-million-year-old fossilized remains of a spider embedded in amber, according to a report from October 2007 on physorg.com More »
Radiologists may have to make only minor changes to their practices to adjust to the new international standards for lung cancer staging, but a lecture covering their implications was still controversial enough to send sparks flying. More »
