In April, long-awaited data on Medicare physician payments were finally made public by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The release contained information on 880,000 physicians and other healthcare providers who took in a total of about $77 billion in payments in 2012.

The Radiological Society of North American (RSNA) announced that its Research and Education (R&E) Foundation will fund 94 grants totaling $3.6 million in 2014, which is the largest amount ever awarded by the foundation in a single year.

In the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule, 80 codes were identified as “misvalued” by CMS, of which 20 percent pertained to radiology. Overall, however, the proposed 2015 MPFS changes would have the biggest impact on radiation oncology and radiation therapy centers.

Even after the disease is treated, cancer survivors face high medical costs and are often hindered by a loss in productivity, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The global medical imaging reagents market will reach an estimated value of $18.5 billion by 2019 based on a projected compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent, according to a report published by Transparency Market Research.

Let’s say you need an MRI of your lower back. How much is that going to cost?

Almost half of all uncompensated services by radiologists in the emergency department are provided to patients with insurance, illustrating room for revenue management improvement, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) today said that it opposes the severe hospital outpatient payment reductions for diagnostic imaging services outlined in Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) testimony at today’s Energy & Commerce (E&C) Committee hearing.