The ACR Association's political action committee surpassed this dollar mark for the ninth consecutive year in a row, officials noted. 

HCCI analyzed more than 2.5 billion de-identified claims, including those for prescription drugs as well as medical visits, filed from 2014 to 2018 with Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealthcare.

Administrator Seema Verma recently revealed that her agency has identified such changes as a top priority in 2020.

Twenty-four imaging advocacy groups are asking lawmakers to stave off any cuts to the National Institutes of Health, which funds numerous radiology-related research initiatives.

Citing data previously published from the National Health Interview Survey, authors Amy Cha, PhD, MPH, and Robin Cohen, PhD, point out that major medical bills piling up for one member of a family tend to weaken the entire household.

The House Ways & Means Committee unveiled its proposal earlier this month, which includes a mediation process that does not exclude providers based on an established qualifying threshold.

“We’ve flipped the concept from having to get patients to the MRI to bringing the MRI to the patients,” said senior author of the preliminary research, Kevin Sheth, MD.

The EEOC has filed suit against the prestigious university’s teaching hospital for forcing physicians over age 70 to take vision and neuropsychological exams.