Jimmie Taggart, 59, visited the clinic at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point for back pain that CT confirmed to be kidney stones. But the real trouble came when he received a $4,051 bill in the mail after the hospital said his insurance would cover the scan.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) submitted written comments to CMS, taking issue with its proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for 2019.

Self-identified radiologists tallied more than $16 million in political contributions between 2003 and 2016, a Journal of the American College of Radiology study found. The majority of those dollars went to the Radiology Political Action Committee (RADPAC).

A $2 million investment for a third MRI scanner at the University of Minnesota’s Clinics and Surgery Center aims to cut into the typical two- or three-week wait time for patients.

Leaders from the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) expressed concern regarding a Senate Finance Committee hearing held on June 20 with the U.S. Department of Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross that considered current and proposed tariffs on Chinese imported goods.

China and Israel are global leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis technology because of government support and industry collaboration, according to a recent Forbes article.

Authors of a June 26 editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine advocated for a standard definition of "overdiagnosis" regarding cancer screenings, arguing poor understanding of the term is a threat that exposes patients to unnecessary treatments.

A new study found ultra-high strength MRI may release toxic mercury from silver fillings, though commonly used 1.5 Tesla MRI machines appear to have no effect on the cavity-prone.