Office-based physicians play a vital role in national and state economies by supporting jobs, purchasing goods and services, and generating tax revenue, according to a recent report released by the American Medical Association. In 2009, AMA research indicates, office-based physicians contributed $1.4 trillion in economic activity and supported four

The nation remains on track to implement healthcare reform by 2014, a top Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) executive tells healthcare officials in Tennessee this week.

Nordion Inc. yesterday announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct two Phase III clinical trials of its TheraSphere therapeutic radiopharmaceutical. Both trials are cleared under an FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE).

Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert has signed into law House Bill 238, making Utah the 29th U.S. state to license, regulate, or recognize the radiologist assistant (RA) as a member of the radiology healthcare team.

The Diagnostic Imaging Business Unit of Bayer Vital GmbH, a Leverkusen, Germany-based provider of contrast agents for diagnostic imaging, and Vital Images Inc., a vendor of software for digital image post-processing in MRI and CT, have signed an agreement to collaborate on activities aimed at introducing radiologists in Germany to the combination

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will spark a modest boost in healthcare sector employment, but will have only a minimal net effect on overall employment, according to a recent report by the Urban Institute. The report contradicts assertions that the new law would place an undue burden on individual business owners, inducing

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A. and Nuance Communications yesterday announced the formation of a partnership to sell Nuance’s dictation systems to FUJIFIM’s established radiology customer base. The two companies have also agreed to collaborate on product development, a move they claim will result in the creation of higher-caliber,more consistent

The American College of Radiology’s Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), National Cancer Institute (NCI) Clinical Trials Cooperative Group members late last week agreed to merge their clinical cancer research programs, forming an alliance that will combine their complementary strengths. The new organization