After months of sitting out of the flurry of mergers and acquisitions between insurers and providers, Anthem has made its first move by announcing it will acquire Aspire, the largest non-hospice, community-based palliative care provider in the U.S.

The development of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been linked to the use of contrast media during imaging, but a recent JACR study found these incidents have likely been overestimated.

The $20 billion in tax-exempt bonds not-for-profit hospitals sell on average every year can lead to $300 million going to banks and law firms handling debt deals—with those costs potentially encouraging hospitals to raise prices even as they’re exempt from paying taxes to their communities.

Implementing a verification simulation, or “dry run,” before a scheduled radiotherapy session could minimize possible errors and patient anxiety in the radiology suite.

Women who prioritize annual mammograms starting at the age of 40 have the greatest chance of catching, treating and surviving breast cancer, a study published this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests.

It marks the not-for-profit WEA Trust’s first entry into the private employer insurance market, having offered group coverage for Wisconsin state employees since its founding in 1970.

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo (UB) has gained approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for its new radiology residency program.

Higher PI-RADS version 2 scores are associated with detecting more clinically important cancers in the transition zone (TZ), according to a new study published in Radiology.