Citing the findings of a study of urologists’ use of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to treat prostate cancer, the Alliance for Integrity in Medicare (AIM) reiterated its call for a law to close the self-referral loophole for radiation therapy, advanced diagnostic imaging, anatomic pathology, and physical therapy services

The Pennsylvania House and Senate have both unanimously approved an act requiring the notification of breast density to patients who receive mammograms. The governor is expected to sign it into law

Radiologists Ernest Mckenzie, MD, and John Hamlin, MD, are suing the government to either stop the penalties that will be applied to radiologists for not meeting meaningful use requirements or make the government compensate radiologists for gathering patient history and physical data that they currently do not collect

A U.S. District judge has dismissed the whistle-blower lawsuit of an former compliance officer for Siemens Ltd. China, who alleged that he was fired for speaking out about Siemens participating in a kickback scheme to sell more diagnostic imaging equipment to Chinese and North Korean hospitals

Traditional Medicare was shielded from the 2% across-the-board cuts of sequestration, but not so for Medicare Advantage Plans. Add to this mandatory Affordable Care Act reductions to Medicare Advantage to bring its costs more in line with traditional Medicare, and it is no surprise that insurers who offer these plans are looking for ways to pass along the cuts to provider

Avoiding CT scans of the head in emergency department patients with minor head injuries who are at low risk based on validated decision rules came in first on the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) list of questionable procedures for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Choosing Wisely effort

Medical practices that once focused almost solely on the quality of care are increasingly including profitability and long-term viability in their strategic plans.

On September 8, at the California Radiological Society’s 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit in San Francisco, Paul Chang, MD, presented “Developing and Deploying Business Dashboards and Scorecards in Radiology.”