The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has asked the U.S. government to establish a “timely and robust” process that could exempt medical imaging equipment from tariffs on Chinese products that went into effect July 6.

On July 7, CMS announced it will stop making risk adjustment payments, which were designed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to help insurers that accept more high-cost patients avoid major losses.

On Friday, July 6, tariffs on $34 billion worth of products imported from China—including x-ray, CT and MRI equipment—officially went into effect. Tariffs on another $16 billion worth of products are expected to kick in in a matter of weeks.

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is helping out radiology program directors and residents alike with the release of a free curriculum centered around quality patient care, safety and communication, the organization announced this week.

Researchers set out to determine the dosimetry levels of commonly performed interventional radiology procedures and compared those doses to commonly accepted reference levels in a July 3 Journal of the American College of Radiology study.

Registered nurses employed at First Hospital in Kingston, Pennsylvania, reached a contract agreement with the hospital’s parent company, Tennessee-based Community Health Systems (CHS), that includes wage increases, health insurance and new protocols for floating nurses between units in the hospital.

On July 6, the U.S. and China began what many are calling a trade war by implementing billions of dollars in tariffs on each other's imported goods, including medical imaging equipment and artificial intelligence (AI).

CMS bumped back the due date for providers to opt into the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced model—moving the final date to Aug. 8 from Aug. 1. The move comes in amid growing concerns from those in the industry that claims data were not provided in a timely fashion.