“When choosing a role, radiologists should consider their unique strengths, availability, and personal and financial risk tolerance," experts advised. 

ACR highlighted a CMS proposal to grant greater access to PET for Alzheimer's detection, along with a Medicaid-related bill introduced in the U.S. House. 

The Ohio-based startup also recently scored $15M in funding from the Mayo and Cleveland clinics and GE Healthcare. 

Desert Radiology, which joined Rad Partners in 2019, had handled a “significant” number of scans at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada annually. 

Medicare has refused to reimburse for imaging-based colon cancer screening, which is leading to an income-based gap for those who can and cannot receive the exam.

Both agencies said their goal is to better reflect how they work to determine a merger's impact on competition in healthcare and other industries. 

Cost considerations should be weighed against potential radiation dose advantages when choosing an image guidance modality, experts wrote in JACR. 

ICAD Inc. said the deal spans multiple years and will see the nation’s largest radiology group adopting its breast  technology across the enterprise.