Phil GalewitzRegulatoryTrump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIsThe U.S. Congress passed a law in 2014 to reduce unnecessary MRI exams, CT scans, and other expensive diagnostic imaging tests, but the Trump administration delayed putting the law into effect until 2020 after physicians argued it would interfere with their practices. Critics worry the delay comes at a cost: Medicare paying for millions of unnecessary exams and patients subject to unnecessary radiation.August 18, 2019EconomicsWalmart charts new course by steering workers to high-quality imaging centersWalmart, the nation's largest private employer, is worried that too many of its workers are having health conditions misdiagnosed, leading to unnecessary surgery and wasted health spending.May 15, 2019Page 1 of 1Top StoriesCTAI improves interreader CAD-RADS agreement on CCTAThe results suggest that "the use of [deep learning] to automate CAD-RADS evaluations holds potential to further reduce variability."CTWorld Trade Center attacks boosted lung cancer incidence in responders nearly 3-foldPractice Management'Circular' business models for replacing MRI scanners reduce costs, wasteAIAI chatbots aren't giving patients safety warnings for imaging examsSponsor ContentRegister Now: Breaking Barriers in Breast Imaging Webinar
