The American College of Radiology (ACR) has formally asked for improvements to the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act (H.R. 1394/S. 752), which calls for the development of a comprehensive government strategy to spark a 50% decrease in lung cancer mortality by 2020 and initiate a demonstration project that would permit lung cancer patient

Most physicians recognize that the U.S. health care system is inefficient and must change. As such, they are eager to give accountable care organizations (ACOs) a try.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to the medical community and the public in general about the potential for inadvertent, increased radiation exposure in patients who underwent or will be undergoing cardiac PET scans with rubidium (Rb)-82 chloride injection from CardioGen-82 (manufactured by Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. of

There are many reasons hospital executives may be planning to form Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), but belief in the potential of ACOs to improve care delivery does not appear to be at the top of that list according to a survey released this week.

Medical imaging apps are included in a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance document covering the regulation of mobile medical applications used on smartphones and other mobile computing devices.

Overall U.S. health care prices showed a slight, steady increase in June, rising by 0.1%, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The agency’s Producer Price Indices (PPI), which measure average changes in selling prices received by domestic producers for their output, peg prices across the range of health care industries at 1.7%

Creating private non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance plans called Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs) is part of the U.S. government’s strategy to increase lower-cost health insurance options for its citizens under the Affordable Care Act.

This article is the first in a two-part series about how radiology practices can derive superior business intelligence from their existing coding and payment data.