The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) has a new president. Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, senior vice president for integrated health care delivery and co-chair for strategic planning at Johns Hopkins Medicine was elected to the position at the ARRS 2015 Annual Meeting held last month in Toronto.

Researchers studying variations in cost for outpatient knee MRI examinations found dramatic differences in price on both national and local levels, with reduced prices in areas with a higher populations. The results of the study were published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

As more research suggests gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) may remain in the brain for years after a contrast MRI, an editorial in Radiology has called for radiologists to rethink the appropriate use and indications of these agents while more studies are conducted to assess the long-term clinical effect, if any, of lingering gadolinium retention.

Numerous studies showing evidence of gadolinium retention in the brains of MRI contrast patients are building momentum for an industry-wide reassessment of the current usage of gadolinium-based contrast agents. Emanuel Kanal, MD, a nationally recognized leader in the area of MRI safety, spoke with Health Imaging for an exclusive interview regarding this new evidence of gadolinium retention and its potential impact on diagnostic imaging and patient safety.

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The FDA has issued a draft guidance updating the standards the agency uses in accepting data from clinical studies on medical devices conducted outside the U.S.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