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 StoriesArtificial IntelligenceJury still out on clinical use of ChatGPTChatGPT has been effective in 84% of radiology studies, yet it is still too soon to confirm its complete proficiency for clinical applications.PodcastsPodcast: The medical art of making a diagnosis vs. certaintyCTVolumetric CT helps predict lung-lobectomy complicationsDigital X-RayAI brings scoliosis monitoring on x-rays into modern eraSponsor ContentIMV’s Oncology in Diagnostic Imaging Market Outlook Report