The agency agreed to the request by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) to remove non-coverage language for PET radiopharmaceuticals that receive approval from the FDA and allow local Medicare contractors to choose to cover or not cover PET scans using newly FDA-approved tracers.

With the intention of establishing “a safety organization that can serve as a national model,” Strategic Radiology (SR) of Palmetto is seeking formal AHRQ certification for its new Patient Safety Organization (PSO)

In the interest of patient safety, the North Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists hope a bill to require RTs to be licensed by the state may soon be introduced in the state legislature

Between 120 and 130 RadNet locations were impacted by power outages and patients being unable to keep appointments due to the November hurricane. In RadNet’s fourth quarter financial statement, the company puts the value of the lost business at $3.5 million

Swearingen Software, Inc, Houston Texas, vendor of one of radiology’s last remaining standalone RIS solutions, has announced that its RISynergy is ICD-10 ready.

Following the requirements of the Budget Control Act of 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin reducing all Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) program payments by 2 percent starting on April 1, unless Congress acts to halt the cuts

Hospital employment continued rising in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported, but investors are wary because of the sequester

The deal makes New York Imaging Service (NYIS), Newburgh, NY, the largest privately owned digital X-ray dealer in New York State