More than half of all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) payments for medical imaging services in the U.S. are made to nonradiologists, according to study results published in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Last month, legislators finally slayed the SGR after years of settling for temporary patches in the face of political gridlock. Could the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) be the next controversial policy to go down?

The FDA has issued a draft guidance updating the standards the agency uses in accepting data from clinical studies on medical devices conducted outside the U.S.

These days, it is impossible to escape the realities—and responsibilities—of living in a world shaped by social media. Slowly but surely, those in the imaging profession are coming around to realize the importance of a social media presence, and some more quickly than others. So which faction of the radiology community does it better: private or academic?

A majority of radiology patients prefer to hear their results from the ordering provider rather than a radiologist, while most want to the option to review the images and reports from their imaging tests, according to study results published online April 16 by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has developed a pair of safety training modules designed to help technologists and facilities meet revised CT and MRI safety requirements from the Joint Commission.

Police in Buffalo, N.Y., arrested Albert R. Cowie, MD, 36, early Wednesday morning on charges of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance by fraud and conspiracy to commit a drug felony, according to a press release issued Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of New York.

A recent article in the Chicago Tribune profiled a pair of radiologic technologists in order to help explain to lay readers just what is involved in the job.