Financial, Logistical Reasons to Blame for Most Missed Cancer Screenings
A new Academic Radiology study surveyed 165 women who missed mammograms and identified the primary reasons behind no‑shows. Forgetting appointments accounted for 35% of missed exams, while financial hardship and lack of transportation contributed 19% and 20% respectively. Nearly one‑third of those who missed a screening never rescheduled, highlighting a persistent access gap. Patients suggested more frequent text‑message reminders and assistance with payment or transport to improve follow‑through.
RadNet Expands Into Its 11th State with New $30M Trinity Health Joint Venture
RadNet Inc. announced a $30 million joint venture with Trinity Health’s Saint Alphonsus Health System, marking its entry into Idaho and the company’s 11th state. The partnership gives RadNet a majority stake in Intermountain Medical Imaging, allowing it to operate five imaging...
Patients in Rural Communities Struggle to Access Newer Tumor-Targeting Radiotracers
A recent Journal of the American College of Radiology paper reveals that the shift to gallium‑68 PET radiotracers for neuroendocrine tumors, while clinically superior, has created significant access hurdles for rural patients due to the isotope’s 68‑minute half‑life. Medicare claim...
Siemens Healthineers to Receive $60M in Federal Funding for Key Cancer Therapy
Siemens Healthineers will receive up to $60 million from ARPA‑H over five years, complemented by a $23 million cost‑share, totaling about $83 million. The funding targets development of photon flash therapy, an experimental radiation technique that delivers doses 100 times faster than conventional methods...
GE HealthCare Imaging CEO Steps Down Amid Mixed Earnings Results
GE HealthCare is merging its imaging and advanced visualization businesses into a new Advanced Imaging Solutions segment valued at $14.6 billion, and has appointed Phil Rackliffe as president and CEO of the unit. Roland Rott, who led imaging since 2024, is...
Nearly Half of Women Surveyed Still Think Breast Cancer Screening Starts at 50
A recent Ohio State University‑led survey of over 1,000 women found that 44% still believe breast cancer screening should begin at age 50, despite the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s 2024 update recommending biennial mammograms starting at age 40 for...
Radiologists Implore HHS to Punish Payers Who Undermine Surprise-Billing Protections
More than 100 specialty societies, led by radiology groups, wrote to the U.S. Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury departments urging stricter enforcement of the No Surprises Act. They allege insurers are sidestepping the law by shifting costs to...
Interventional Radiology Group Inks 2 More Practice Partnerships with Urologists
Interventional radiology platform IR Centers announced two new partnerships with urology groups—New Jersey Urology and Orange County Urology Associates—extending its footprint to the Northeast and Southern California. The collaborations will launch multi‑site, image‑guided therapy centers beginning in 2026, offering embolization...
Radiology AI Vendor Azra Acquires Rival Firm Focused on Incidental Findings
Radiology AI vendor Azra, based in Nashville, announced the acquisition of Lexington‑based Thynk Health, a developer of lung‑cancer screening and incidental‑finding software. The deal, terms undisclosed, combines two platforms that already serve hundreds of hospitals and process more than half...
Radiation Oncologists Converge on Capitol Hill to Push for Payment Reform
Radiation oncologists gathered on Capitol Hill for ASTRO's annual advocacy day, urging Congress to pass the Radiation Oncology Case Rate Act. A recent ASTRO survey shows two‑thirds of specialists have seen pay cuts of 10% or more since the start...
Radiology Department Says Simple, Low-Cost Strategy Can Bolster Workplace Cohesion
The University of Chicago’s radiology department introduced a daily “happy birthday” email to recognize staff birthdays, a low‑cost tactic aimed at reducing burnout and fostering cohesion. After one year, wellness‑survey participation rose from 21% to 61%, and 86% of respondents...
Whole-Body MRI Provider Prenuvo Ramps up Radiologist Recruitment
Prenuvo, the whole‑body MRI startup, announced a focused hiring drive at the American Osteopathic College of Radiology convention, seeking multiple remote radiologists across the U.S. and Canada. The company offers a $550,000 base salary with quarterly productivity bonuses, no night...
Opportunistic AI Detects Colorectal Cancer Using Routine, Noncontrast CT
Researchers at Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital unveiled COCA, an AI tool that detects colorectal cancer on routine non‑contrast abdominal and pelvic CT scans. In retrospective tests on more than 2,000 scans, COCA delivered an AUC between 0.967 and 0.996, boosting...
Radiation Therapist Vacancy Rates on the Decline, New Data Reveal
New data from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists show radiation‑therapy staffing shortages easing. Vacancy rates for radiation therapists fell from 13.6% in 2025 to 11.4% in 2026, while dosimetrist openings dropped from 9.6% to 6.8% over the same period....
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Speed up Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage
Congress introduced the bipartisan Medicare Advantage Improvement Act to cut prior‑authorization delays. The bill mandates health plans to complete standard authorizations within 72 hours and publish timing data. It also requires real‑time, EHR‑integrated approval systems and limits extensions to seven...
Radiologists Among Docs Most Optimistic About Profession’s Short-Term Future
Radiologists lead physician specialists in short‑term optimism, with 69% viewing the next three years positively, according to Medscape’s 2024 survey of 177 radiologists. That confidence evaporates for the long term, where only 42% remain optimistic—a 27‑point drop that places radiology...
Current Political Climate Having 'Detrimental' Effect on Radiology Research, Survey Says
A recent survey published in Clinical Imaging finds that policies enacted by the Trump administration have created a hostile environment for radiology research. More than 70% of 176 authors from top radiology journals report that securing funding has become harder,...
Hospital's Poor Radiation Safety Protocols Led to Cancer 'Cluster' Among Staff, Rad Tech Claims
A former radiologic technologist at University Malaya Medical Center (UMMC) in Kuala Lumpur has sued the hospital, alleging that inadequate radiation safety protocols after installing a new PET scanner caused a cluster of cancer cases among staff. The claimant, Nur...
What Makes AI a Friend, Foe or Time Thief in Radiology?
Artificial intelligence is reshaping radiology, but its value depends on how hospitals manage it after FDA clearance. Emory’s Dr. Patricia Balthazar warns that post‑deployment monitoring, workflow integration, and governance are critical to avoid performance drift. She highlights recent server‑routing glitches...
Radiology Groups Endorse Bill to Exempt Physicians From $100,000 Visa Fee
A bipartisan bill, the H‑1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act, seeks to exempt physicians and nurses from a newly proposed $100,000 immigration visa fee. The American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology and more than 40 medical...
AI Not 'Economically Viable' If It Doesn't Replace at Least some Radiologists, Experts Claim
Experts argue that artificial intelligence will only be economically viable in radiology if it replaces a portion of the radiology workforce. While AI is marketed as an augmentative tool, its true financial value lies in labor substitution and operational efficiency....
'Sterility Failures' Prompt FDA to Threaten Radiopharmaceutical Producer with Disciplinary Action
The FDA issued a warning letter to the University of California San Francisco Radiopharmaceutical Facility after sterility testing uncovered Bacillus contamination in a PET‑imaging agent batch. The agency found the facility’s explanation—that the bacteria entered the test tube during analysis—insufficient...
New Case Law Could Put Radiologists on Hook for Imaging-Order Appropriateness
A 2025 Ohio appellate decision, Kelley v. Horton, allowed the American College of Radiology’s Appropriateness Criteria to be used in a malpractice trial, marking the first time the guidelines were admitted as evidence. The case involved two MRIs ordered by...
Interventional Radiologists Launch New Chain of Standalone Outpatient IR Centers
Two California interventional radiologists have launched Elmnt IR, a chain of standalone outpatient interventional radiology centers, beginning with a flagship location in Los Angeles. The venture targets high‑impact conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, uterine fibroids, knee osteoarthritis, and select...
New Study Offers Insight Into the Type of AI Radiologists Prefer
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center evaluated 200 CT‑scan reports generated by a general‑purpose large language model (LLM) and a domain‑specific AI fine‑tuned on radiology and oncology data. Radiologists consistently preferred the specialized model, citing greater completeness, accuracy and conciseness, and...
Interventional Radiology Procedure Offers Relief From Painful Blood-Clot Side Effect
A new NIH‑sponsored trial, C‑TRACT, evaluated catheter‑directed stent placement for patients with post‑thrombotic syndrome (PTS) after deep‑vein thrombosis. The study enrolled 225 participants across 29 U.S. centers and compared stenting plus standard care to anticoagulation and compression alone. Six months...
The Front Office Is Finding Air: One Network’s Early Returns on Operational AI
Capitol Imaging, a multi‑state imaging network, partnered with AbbaDox to roll out modular operational AI, starting with a scheduling assistant and later adding fax‑processing automation. The first 90 days revealed three key realities: undocumented tribal knowledge slowed deployment, a one‑size‑fits‑all...
Radiologists Collect $90M in Research Funding From Imaging Industry, with Overall Share of Pie Falling
Radiologists secured just over $90 million in industry‑sponsored research payments in 2024, but their slice of the roughly $8.5 billion imaging‑industry funding pool shrank to about 1.1 % from 1.3 % in 2019. The payments, spread across nearly 5,800 transactions, were dominated by oncology...
Radiology Vendors Merge, Creating Platform that Manages Medical Imaging for Nearly 6M Americans
Radiology specialists Medmo and Covera Health announced a merger funded by Insight Partners, creating a unified platform that will manage medical imaging for nearly 6 million Americans, including members of three of the five largest national health plans. Covera brings an...
Interventional Radiologist Launches AI-Powered, IR-Specific Decision Support Platform
Interventional radiologist Dr. Syed Aziz Rahman unveiled VIRad.AI, an AI‑powered clinical decision‑support platform tailored for interventional radiology, at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting. The tool combines an IR‑specific question bank, procedure reference library, device catalog, and an integrated...
American College of Radiology Offers Cybersecurity Resources
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has unveiled a suite of cybersecurity resources, including a joint white paper with the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) that replaces its prior practice parameter, and an online Cybersecurity Hub that aggregates...
Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturer Secures $30M to Bolster Domestic Isotope Production
Ionetix Corporation, a Michigan‑based cyclotron and radiopharmaceutical firm, announced a $30 million private‑placement raise at $3 per share. The capital will fund expansion of domestic radioisotope production for PET imaging and alpha‑emitter therapies and boost R&D on its superconducting cyclotron platform....
Tourists More Likely to Undergo Unnecessary Imaging in the ED
A new study of 740,000 emergency department visits in Italy’s Trentino province (2018‑2024) shows tourists—who made up about 18% of patients—accounted for roughly 20% of all radiologic exams. Tourists faced a 32% higher odds of receiving excess imaging, with red‑triage...
Hospital System Pours $20M Into Expanding Imaging, Oncology Services
Rochester Regional Health, a New York health system, announced a $20 million investment to expand its oncology and imaging services. An $8.9 million expansion at the Lipson Cancer Institute will double infusion bays from 10 to 20 and add a dedicated oncology pharmacy....
'Defer to Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Experts': Imaging Leaders Rail Against New ACP Breast Cancer Screening Recs
The American College of Physicians (ACP) issued new breast cancer screening guidelines recommending biennial mammograms beginning at age 50 and opposing supplemental MRI or ultrasound for women with dense breast tissue. Radiology societies—the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the...
New Mammogram Policy: Maryland to Require BAC Notifications with First Law of Its Kind
Maryland has enacted HB 1364, becoming the first U.S. state to require mammography providers to inform patients when breast arterial calcifications (BACs) appear on their exams. BACs are not a breast‑cancer risk factor but have been linked to elevated cardiovascular disease...
Judge Dismisses CVS-Aetna’s Lawsuit Against Radiology Partners
A federal judge in Jacksonville dismissed CVS‑Aetna's lawsuit accusing Radiology Partners of a multi‑phase fraud scheme, granting the radiology group’s motion and barring the insurer from re‑filing the claims. The case centered on alleged misuse of a Florida practice’s tax...
Radiologist Pipeline Barely Keeping Pace with Population Growth
A new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology finds that the radiology workforce is expanding far slower than the U.S. population and overall medical training capacity. Between 2010 and 2024, residency slots rose 33% to 1,449...
Radiologists Earning an Average of $571,000, up 9% Year over Year
Radiologists now earn an average of $571,000, marking a 9% increase from the previous year, according to Medscape’s latest physician compensation survey. This places radiology third among the highest‑paid specialties, behind orthopedics ($611,000) and cardiology ($575,000). The rise mirrors a...
New Data Raise Concern About Medicare Quality Payment Program, Radiology Experts Say
A new analysis of CMS Quality Payment Program data from 2017‑2023 reveals that nearly half of the 275 MIPS quality measures are already topped out, and reporting rates remain low across most specialties. Diagnostic radiology and pathology show the highest...
New Guidelines Recommend AI-Based Breast Cancer Risk Assessments
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s 2026 Clinical Practice Guidelines now recommend image‑based artificial‑intelligence risk assessments as a primary tool for breast cancer screening. The guidance advises using AI‑derived five‑year risk scores from routine mammograms, with a 1.7 % risk threshold prompting...
FDA Clears First AI-Enabled, Detector-Based Spectral CT System
Philips received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Verida spectral CT system, the first AI‑enabled, detector‑based scanner of its kind. The platform combines a dual‑layer Nano‑panel detector with AI‑driven image reconstruction, delivering always‑on spectral imaging without extra scans. Verida can reconstruct...
Join Us: When RCM Becomes a Strategic Asset—Lessons From Luminis Health Imaging
Two years after adopting a new revenue cycle management (RCM) platform, Luminis Health Imaging reports measurable financial gains. The second‑generation system delivered deeper analytics, enabling higher clean claim rates, fewer resubmissions, and faster cash collections. A data‑driven overhaul of prior‑authorization...
Sectra Finalizes Oxipit Acquisition
Sectra has completed its acquisition of Oxipit, the Swedish AI specialist behind the autonomous chest X‑ray analysis platform ChestLink. The deal, announced in March, brings the first CE Class 2B‑certified autonomous AI for chest radiographs into Sectra’s AI marketplace. Oxipit’s team...
New Imaging AI Tool Hits Market with Reimbursement Eligibility
Elucid, a Boston‑based AI firm, launched its Lesion Inspection Tool for coronary and carotid plaque analysis as part of the Plaque‑IQ suite. The software, the only FDA‑cleared plaque analysis product trained on histology, quantifies lesion composition and burden across vessels....
American College of Radiology Expands Tools to Help Practices Evaluate Imaging AI
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is expanding its AI evaluation toolkit through the Data Science Institute and a new Assess AI registry. The resources catalog every FDA‑cleared pixel‑based imaging algorithm and provide a portal for real‑time performance monitoring, including...
Radiology Business Management Association Elects New Board Members
The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) announced its new 2026‑2027 board at the annual PaRADigm meeting in Championsgate, Florida. Stacy Sanso, director of patient access at ARA Diagnostic Imaging, will serve as president, succeeding Jamie Dyer, who moves to immediate...
Nearly 200 Radiology Reports Never Sent to Patients' Referring Providers, Health Authority Says
A regional health authority in New Zealand’s Northland region discovered that 180 radiology reports were never transmitted to referring providers, primarily due to an IT glitch affecting reports from June 2025 and earlier. Health NZ officials launched an investigation after patient complaints,...
Imaging AI Vendor Heartflow Sues Competitor over Alleged Patent Infringement
Heartflow, a Mountain View‑based imaging AI vendor, filed a lawsuit against rival Cleerly alleging infringement of six patents covering its CT‑derived heart‑modeling technology. The complaint seeks a permanent injunction and monetary damages, asserting that Cleerly’s Ischemia, Plaque Analysis and Compare...
Facility Puts Mammo Services on Hold After Audit Uncovers 'Serious' Image Quality Concerns
Mountainview Medical Imaging in Seneca, South Carolina, has temporarily suspended its mammography services after a state audit revealed serious image‑quality deficiencies in exams performed between January 2024 and February 2026. The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services flagged the facility for falling...