The federal agency began requiring institutions to provide upfront pricing for radiology services on Jan. 1, but many have ignored the mandate, officials said.
The advocate outlined its feedback on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s 21st Century Cures 2.0 draft legislation in a letter shared recently.
The findings are part of the NIH-funded Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury study, designed to understand the impact of head injuries and potential treatments.
Patients with automatically flagged reports were more likely to be seen in a dedicated pancreas clinic and undergo additional imaging, experts explained in JACR.
Relying solely on transvaginal ultrasound in this population is often not enough to guide biopsy decision making, University of Washington Medicine oncologists wrote.
Updating the imaging standard of care to include artificial intelligence as a second reader is one solution that takes some burden off individual physicians.