Starting July 1, a new three-day payment window will cover all diagnostic services for Medicare beneficiaries admitted to wholly owned and/or operated hospital entities, including physician practices.

Philips will begin production of mid-level imaging devices at its first manufacturing center in India, the Wall Street Journal reports--another step into emerging markets for the imaging manufacturer.

A new audit from the Office of the Inspector General estimates some $6.4 million in overpayments to hospital outpatient providers in 2008 and 2009 for services rendered within three days of the beneficiaries’ admissions. These include overpayments for diagnostic imaging services.

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) announced its 2012/13 leadership changes this week.

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a UCSF researcher whose JAMA study published this week warns of the increased body burden of a lifetime of exposure to medical imaging, has also examined a subset of those findings involving breast cancer risk.

New molecular imaging research shows that the presence of beta-amyloid plaques that correlate with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease may also indicate mild cognitive decline.

Questions about the necessity of imaging tests continued to dominate headlines this week, as a new study published in JAMA claims that HMOs are seeing an increase in imaging despite the lack of their financial incentive to conduct them.

Pediatric exposure to radiation has been a hot topic in the imaging world since a Lancet study last week cautioned against the long-term effects of CT exposure on childhood cancer patients.