The number of work relative value units (wRVUs) produced by radiation oncologists increased by 14 percent from 2012 to 2015, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Outcomes-based pricing agreements would do little to help the poor cost-effectiveness of PCSK9 inhibitors. The event rates in preventive medicine are simply too low and medication costs too high for such a compromise to make a difference, a group from University of California, San Francisco reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Every year, physician offices may deal with as much as $54 billion in revenue being challenged by insurers, with fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid being “the most challenging type” of payer to bill, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

The American College of Radiology (ACR), along with more than 300 stakeholder organizations that form the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, exceeded its 2018 funding goals with the $1.3 trillion federal budget signed March 23 by President Donald Trump.

For people who qualify for subsidies to buy health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the law led not only to expansions in the insured population but better access to care and more diagnoses of conditions like hypertension and high cholesterol.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation into law to allow health plans that don’t comply with Affordable Care Act regulations with a new kind of strategy: Defining some insurance plans as something other than health insurance.

People who are “food insecure” and also have chronic conditions can be kept out of the hospital and the emergency department (ED) when meals are delivered to their homes—particularly meals that have been tailored to their needs by a dietitian.

Millennials are changing the way medical educators are teaching radiology—and there’s a lot to keep up with, Harvard Medical physician Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, wrote in an Academic Radiology editorial last week.