Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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ACO white paper shows rapid growth

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) now stretch across 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., according to a white paper from Leavitt Partners. The 221 identified ACOs represent a 38 percent increase compared with those identified just six months ago.

FDA clears St. Jude's vascular plug

St. Jude Medical has received FDA clearance and immediately will launch the Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4 for use in transcatheter embolization procedures within the peripheral vasculature.

AMA defies USPSTF mammo recommendations

The American Medical Association (AMA) has joined the list of major medical associations that have adopted policies that contradict the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for screening mammography. AMA updated its screening mammography recommendations at its annual policymaking meeting June 19.

Rising imaging utilization? Not so fast, says imaging community

When a study published June 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrated a surge in advanced imaging use within integrated healthcare systems, many headlines focused on how the high utilization was driving healthcare costs and increasing radiation doses received by patients. The medical imaging community, however, was quick to put these results in context.

SoCal rad provider faces fraud allegations

Diagnostic Labs, a Burbank, Calif.-based clinical laboratory and radiology services company, is facing fraud allegations brought under the False Claims Act, according to a report from California Watch, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Intermountain awarded CMS innovation contract

Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based health system that includes 22 nonprofit hospitals, 185 clinics and a medical group with some 900 employed physicians, has been awarded $9.7 million contract as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Health Care Innovation Awards initiative.

FDA clears Siemens single-source CT

The FDA has approved Siemens Healthcare Somatom Definition Edge single-source CT system for sale in the U.S.

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