This year alone, ACR has tracked more than 100 proposed policies relating to radiologic scope-of-practice expansion, spanning 30 states.

“It’s eye-opening, but not surprising,” one healthcare staffing expert said about the hospital system's unusual employment offer.

A proposal to end the moratorium on new POHs was among several policies discussed at a House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing Oct. 19. 

Atlantic Street Capital is purchasing Brown’s Medical Imaging and plans to combine the company with previously acquired Prestige Medical Imaging.  

The preliminary award includes $134M in underpayment damages, $9M in prejudgment interest, and $2.2M in attorney fees, arbitrators confirmed. 

Interventional cardiologist Alfred G. Valles, MD, was 50 years old at the time of the accident. According to colleagues, he "strived daily to achieve his vision for world-class care."

The Addison, Texas-based company was founded in 1986 and in 2018 sold a majority stake to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, which has pursued rapid expansion.

About 64% of study authors in one noted imaging journal did not disclose payments they received from industry entities, according to CMS's Open Payments database.