Optimism ran high in healthcare circles on Thursday as lawmakers announced a deal had been reached in the ongoing saga to repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate formula.

After more than a decade of short-term patches to avoid deep physician payment cuts that would result from the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, lawmakers announced a bipartisan, bicameral deal to repeal the SGR had been reached in committee and will advance to both chambers of Congress.

Installing integrated reading rooms within urologic oncology clinics could improve quality of care, according to a report published online Jan. 31 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Lectures delivered by residents received similar evaluations as lectures delivered by faculty members, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Pediatric patient-specific organ dose estimations for chest and abdominopelvic CT examinations are possible with knowledge of patient size and CTDIvol, according to a study published in the February 2014 issue of Radiology.

Mark Idstrom, MD, who filed an antitrust suit against his former partners at Kansas City’s Alliance Radiology PA, will have his case heard at trial as a Johnson Country judge denied the defense’s motion for a full summary judgment, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.

A one-time invitation for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening in men 65 or older is associated with decreased AAA rupture and AAA-related mortality rates, according to a review published Jan. 27 in Annals of Internal Medicine. The invitation for screening had little to no effect on all-cause mortality rates.

Building value is the mantra of radiology today.