Bozeman Health in Bozeman, Montana, settled a nearly three year-old lawsuit alleging a hospital within its system made millions in fraudulent claims to government health care programs in a kickback scheme with Advanced Medical Imaging, a Bozeman radiology group.

Three researchers—Pedram Heidari, MD, Prashant Nagpal, MD and Adam Singer, MD—have been awarded 2018 Canon Medical Systems USA/RSNA Research Seed Grants by the RSNA Research & Education (R&E) Foundation.

A new review issued by the Auditor General’s office noted radiology services in Wales, U.K., are “unsustainable despite being well-managed and meeting waiting times,” according to reporting from the BBC.

The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) in Columbia has announced it is the first domestic supplier of Iodine-131 (I-131), a radioisotope used to diagnose and treat thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism, in the last 30 years.

Despite well-managed services and improved wait times, radiology services in Wales will struggle to meet the rising demand officials are already seeing in the U.K. nation, according to a BBC News story.

The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees has named Kent Thielen, MD, the new CEO of Mayo Clinic’s Florida operations.

As a growing percentage of employers begin to favor high-deductible health plans (HDHP), patients are likely to start price-shopping for imaging tests. This may pose a threat to radiology practices, particularly those based in hospitals, wrote authors of a new Journal of the American College of Radiology study.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has signaled that the agency will strengthen its expanded access (EA) program to enable more patients to access investigational medical products and treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases.