Recent survey findings underscore that the vast majority of physicians believe prior authorization has a negative impact on patient care. In fact, some specialists think it leads to worse outcomes.

The annual list, now in its 17th year, was designed to celebrate companies that make ethical business practices a high priority. 

Less than 10% of news articles published during a 12-year period mentioned the specialty and its role in LCS, experts wrote in AJR. 

A significant portion of U.S. adults have some past-due medical debt, according to a recent study from the Urban Institute, and the majority of those with debt owe non-profit hospitals.

The most recent updates contain “substantial new content and safety recommendations," the ACR reported recently. 

Highmark Health's latest effort will spend another $12 million to build a new 8,000 square-foot imaging center in western Pennsylvania. 

Such work-related stress has become “rampant” among radiologists working in the U.S., two noted experts wrote recently. 

Published in JACR, the new white paper outlines four areas of consensus between the two specialties.