While 22 states mandate insurers to cover virtual colonoscopy screening, it’s yet to be fully covered under Medicare, citing “insufficient evidence on test characteristics and performance” in a 2009 brief. Since then, imaging societies and patient advocacy groups representing millions of Americans have urged Medicare to reverse it’s decision.

The FDA has published draft updated recommendations that assist manufacturers with knowing when they are legally required to notify the FDA about medical device modifications. An additional guidance focused on software devices was also published. The two documents, once finalized, will replace a guidance that dates back to 1997.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is facing three counts of felony securities fraud, accepted a $100,000 gift to fund his defense from the head of an imaging company his office was investigating for Medicaid fraud, according to the Associated Press.

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology confirmed something that most radiologists likely already knew to be true: physician trainees do not have a firm grasp of the costs associated with medical imaging. 

The FDA has announced a public workshop called, “Refurbishing, Reconditioning, Rebuilding, Remarketing, Remanufacturing, and Servicing of Medical Devices Performed by Third-Party Entities and Original Equipment Manufacturers,” which is scheduled for October 27 and 28. 

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation this week that requires insurance plans throughout the state to cover 3D mammography. Rauner signed Senate Bill 466 at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois.

With many in the American medical community joining in the discussion about Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, the Medical Imaging and Technology Allianace (MITA) released a policy statement outlining the role imaging can play in treating cancer and highlighting the importance of imaging’s inclusion in Cancer Moonshot discussions. 

Connecticut House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz was honored by the Radiological Society of Connecticut for supporting legislation that allows policymakers to track access for patients to imaging services.