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 StoriesNuclear MedicineTheranostic pair ready for testing in lung cancerGallium-68 (Ga-68) SSO120 PET/CT successfully visualized lesions in patients during and after chemotherapy.Legislation2025's budget bill could lead to more than 1M missed cancer screeningsClinical Decision SupportLLMs in radiology may find opening in updated FDA guidanceCTDiffusion motion correction boosts portable brain CT image qualityWomens ImagingLobular breast histology not strong predictor of SLNB positivity
