After a series of delays, it looks like the U.S. healthcare system will finally upgrade to the ICD-10 coding standard on Oct. 1. While there’s no political will to push back the rollout any further, a new bill introduced in the U.S. House looks to implement a transition period that would protect reimbursements when inaccurate codes are submitted.

Very few radiology departments within academic medical institutions have dedicated Twitter accounts, and even fewer are active on the social networking site, according to results of a study presented May 17 at the 2015 American College of Radiology Annual Meeting. So how can more academic radiology departments realize the benefits of Twitter?

Robert E. O’Mara, MD, former chair of radiology and chief of nuclear medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), died at his home in Tucson, Ariz., on April 26, according to an announcement this week from URMC.

Rehan “Ray” Zuberi, who formerly operated the Diagnostic Imaging Affiliates network of imaging centers now embroiled in a massive kickback scandal in New Jersey, has admitted guilt along with his wife, Humara Paracha, for their part in the scheme to buy referrals and falsify records to increase reimbursement.

National radiology services and telemedicine provider vRad has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by MEDNAX, a provider of maternal-fetal, newborn, pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia physician services.

A Wayne County, Mich., jury has awarded $21 million to the family of Bimla Nayyar, who died in 2012 after a brain surgery that wasn’t supposed to be performed.

The trial for a much anticipated antitrust case brought against Alliance Radiology by former employee and prominent radiologist Mark Idstrom began last week in Johnson County District Court.

Responding to risks in healthcare is tricky business, and more often than not leads to lengthy and sometimes heated debate. This week’s top story, on the continuing developments in the study of gadolinium contrast retention, offers another such dilemma.