The American College of Radiology (ACR) issued a statement saying it supports provisions in a new Senate bill that would extend the current two-year delay in implementation of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) breast cancer screening recommendations. 

Reimbursements for I-123 ioflupane (DaTscan), a radiopharmaceutical used in dopamine transporter imaging to differentiate Parkinson’s disease from essential tremor or normalcy, decreased significantly in the years after gaining FDA approval, according to a study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Should practices expect this to be the pattern for other radiopharmaceuticals in the future?

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy has signed a bill that requires insurance companies to cover breast tomosynthesis. The bipartisan legislation, H.B. 5233, passed the Connecticut House of Representatives by a vote of 139-3 in April. The Senate then voted unanimously in favor of the bill in early May. 

Medic Vision Imaging Solutions has announced that it received FDA clearance for SafeCT-29, which was developed to help providers make sure all of their CT and PET/CT systems are compliant with the NEMA XR-29 “Smart Dose” standard.

Health-policy educator and researcher Patricia (“Polly”) Pittman, PhD, co-founded the GW Health Workforce Institute at George Washington University (GWHWI) in April 2015.

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announced earlier this week that it supports a new bill it says would increase access to government-funded graduate medical education (GME) to newly recognized primary medical specialties such as interventional radiology. 

If passed, new bipartisan legislation would require Medicare to recognize qualified radiology assistants as non-physician practitioners. Professionals with non-physician practitioner status can perform certain key tasks, helping doctors manage their workloads.  

Women’s imaging network Mammosphere hosted its first #Mammochat Twitter Q&A last month, emphasizing the importance of communication between patients and healthcare providers.