Patients were unable to get their imaging records—including mammograms—from Deerfield Beach, Florida-based imaging center Radiology Express when the practice’s doors closed late last year. Owner and radiologist Kaya Colak, MD, said his business couldn’t pay its bills, so his employees quit.

The American Heart Association and Joint Commission have merged their separate cardiac accreditation programs to offer a single joint certification starting Jan. 1, 2019, the organizations announced this week.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a statement in support of the recently introduced Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2018 (H.R. 6948).

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation named 51 recipients of the 2018 Advancing Your Profession: Education and Professional Growth Grants program.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM) have submitted a letter to CMS in response to the 2019 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rule, sharing recommendations and concerns with the agency.

Scientific experts are worried that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuing rule changes could weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated in the U.S., according to a report published Oct. 3 by The Associated Press.

Radiology Partners announced this week it has entered into a new partnership with Jacksonville, Florida-based Mori, Bean & Brooks (MBB).

The American College of Radiology (ACR) released an update to the ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Monday, Oct. 1. The update includes 179 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics with 898 clinical variants covering more than 1,560 clinical scenarios.