Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies. 

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Medicare must update lung cancer screening coverage to ensure access, ACR and others charge

Advocates called on CMS to open a National Coverage Determination reconsideration on the topic, according to a recent letter addressed to leaders atop the federal agency.

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Managed Medicare plans fall short at cutting unnecessary imaging and other low-value care

Such care was just as common among Medicare Advantage enrollees as traditional fee-for-service patients, according to a new JAMA Network Open analysis.

MRI founder celebrates the modality’s 50th anniversary by ringing Nasdaq closing bell

Raymond V. Damadian, MD, first discovered MR imaging in 1970, launching Fonar Corporation—the world's first MRI company—eight years later.

ACR ‘greatly pleased’ with the American Medical Association’s new payment policy leader

Ezequiel Silva III, MD, a practicing San Antonio radiologist, will chair the 32-member AMA Multispecialty Relative Value Scale Update Committee.

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Imaging alliance urges FDA to address ‘troubling’ lack of oversight for third-party servicing groups

MITA believes third-party medical device servicers are operating within a "regulatory grey area," posing safety concerns to patients.

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Patient injured during imaging exam can move forward with lawsuit against rad technologist, judge rules

New Jersey Appellate Division Judge Rose said that the plaintiff did not require an affidavit of merit to move forward, reversing a previous ruling.

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Judge denies Cleveland Clinic’s move to dismiss lawsuit alleging ‘deceptive’ radiology billing practices

Amanda van Brakle claims the healthcare giant violated the Ohio Consumer Sales Practice Act and alleges its dishonest practices created confusion and stress that financially hurt patients.

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Health tech experts caution FDA against waiving regulatory review of AI-based imaging tools

Under a new proposal, 91 products would no longer require U.S. Food & Drug Administration regulatory review, including a number of radiology-driven platforms.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.