Idaho Falls-based International Isotopes reported a 5% drop in revenue from nuclear medicine sales, primarily due to imaging clinics shutting their doors and suspending elective exams.

The majority of rads collect their entire incentive payment, but the next highest proportion only achieved 25% of their bonus or less, according to the 2020 Medscape Radiologist Compensation Report. 

Investigators from Northwell Health hope such data could prove pivotal in making a case for further relief from federal and state governments. 

The lab’s leaders are pledging to support innovators in various industries—including healthcare—who will have a hand in the rise of 5G technology.

New Jersey providers have been beset by a double whammy of financial challenges during the pandemic, with hospital expenses also increasing by $214 million per month. 

Such was the case in 2009, when the Great Recession brought about a “protracted, seven-year struggle” to recruit medical students into the specialty, experts wrote in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

“It is of timely importance that lawmakers and regulatory officials implement policies that address the current crisis and mitigate future public health consequences arising from the pandemic,” Patrick Hope, executive director of MITA, said Thursday.

Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to some improvements in cardiovascular care for underserved racial and ethnic patient populations—but there is still plenty of room for improvement.