“It is critical that radiology participates in this survey effort to provide updated and accurate practice costs that are representative of our specialty," ACR urged.

Lobbyists for physician groups have testified against the proposal, concerned it could punish providers for not relaying meaningless findings to patients. 

The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index was created using claims from over 10.5 million individuals covered by a large commercial payer.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Consulting Radiologists Ltd. allegedly terminated senior staffer Brent Bullis, MD, after he raised patient safety concerns. 

For this update to be finalized, the American Medical Association had to determine FFR_CT Analysis met certain requirements in terms of its overall impact on patient care. John Farquhar, CEO of HeartFlow, described the news as "a win for everyone involved, most notably patients." 

Chattanooga Imaging recently completed a forensic investigation and is analyzing the information, with plans to send personalized letters to those impacted. 
 

The new device was designed to help clinicians perform valve-in-valve TAVR on certain high-risk patients. One cardiologist familiar with the technology said it could be easily added to any preexisting TAVR workflow. 

"It’s clear to me that urgent intervention is long overdue," one cardiologist said in a statement.