Phil Galewitz

Regulatory
Trump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs
The 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, 2019
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Economics
Walmart charts new course by steering workers to high-quality imaging centers
Walmart, 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, 2019
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Interventional
GAE cuts steroid injections by half in knee osteoarthritis patients
Steroid injections provide only short-term relief, and repeated use carries concern for further cartilage damage.
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MRI
Manual, DL-generated segmentations differ in radiomic features
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MRI
Brain MRI features linked to cognitive decline in older populations
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Interventional
Interventional rads treat half of Medicare liver cancer patients
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Womens Imaging
Rural-urban breast cancer survival gap widens, ACS studies find
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GAE cuts steroid injections by half in knee osteoarthritis patients
By Will Morton
Steroid injections provide only short-term relief, and repeated use carries concern for further cartilage damage.
October 14, 2026
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Manual, DL-generated segmentations differ in radiomic features
By Amerigo Allegretto
DL models showed poor or fair agreement with manual segmentation, as well as bias, on abdominal CT and MRI.
October 14, 2026
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Brain MRI features linked to cognitive decline in older populations
By Amerigo Allegretto
Baseline tightness of the high-convexity sulci (THC) at MRI is tied to cognitive decline in older adults.
October 14, 2026
Brain MRI scans showing axial and coronal views of cerebral structures in grayscale
Interventional rads treat half of Medicare liver cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional radiology accounted for 7.4% of total payments while performing 11.7% of work relative value units.
October 13, 2026
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Rural-urban breast cancer survival gap widens, ACS studies find
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The studies will be presented at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium in Boston.
October 13, 2026
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Lu-177 PNT2002 before SBRT extends disease control in prostate cancer
By Will Morton
A group from the University of California, Los Angeles, updated an analysis of outcomes from the LUNAR trial by 10 months.
October 13, 2026
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AI on par with radiologists for finding prostate cancer on MRI
By Amerigo Allegretto
The AI system achieved high diagnostic performance and agreement with radiologists.
October 13, 2026
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HPI: Evidence contradicts broad claims about AI, radiology workforce
By Amerigo Allegretto
A team from the Neiman HPI expressed concern about comments published in JAMA Health Forum regarding AI's impact on the radiology workforce.
October 13, 2026
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New research initiative to create protocol for women with BAC
By Amerigo Allegretto
The InAWH and the Washington Research Foundation aim to help hospitals and providers put BAC reporting into practice.
October 12, 2026
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Siemens focuses ultrasound business on procedural imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As of October 12, the company no longer offers its Acuson Sequoia, Redwood, Juniper, and Maple systems.
October 12, 2026
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FDA: Philips Lumify ultrasound issue tied to 4 deaths
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As of September 29, Philips has reported eight serious injuries and four deaths associated with the issue.
October 9, 2026
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New dataset maps people eligible for LDCT lung cancer screening
By Will Morton
The publicly available dataset enables researchers to estimate the population eligible for lung cancer screening at the census tract level.
October 9, 2026
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