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In her opening session address, Sarah Donaldson, M.D., called on radiologists to focus on becoming bigger players in multidisciplinary teams that meet directly with patients as a way to demonstrate radiology's value to the public

As accountable care organizations and other forms of integrated delivery networks take root nationwide, independent radiology practices are experiencing a phenomenon not regularly seen since the 1990s: capitated contracts. “The biggest change our group has seen recently is the rise in capitated contracts, where we receive a fixed reimbursement for providing imaging for a whole patient population,” says Whitney Edmister, MD, PhD, of Desert Radiologists, a 54-physician practice based in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We receive a monthly payment to provide all necessary imaging services, allowing health plans to better control their costs.”

Breast imaging manufacturer Hologic adopted a poison pill plan after billionaire activist investor Carl Ichan, 77, announced that he had acquired a nearly 13% stake in the company

After learning to live without Sutter Health since 2010, Radiological Associates of Sacramento (RAS) will join once again with the Northern California-based health network

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has announced a draft research plan for updating its 2009 breast cancer screening recommendations and is seeking public comment on that plan

Five Congressional representatives are asking CMS to not implement a proposed rule change that would allow hospitals to deviate from manufacturer maintenance recommendations for medical equipment

The ACR has asked CMS to revise an online recommendation posted November 6 that tells providers to code the procedure using full-field mammography codes