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Fake images in your PACS, faster MRI scans, and fellowship slots nobody wants.

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Mammography goes predictive, coding overhaul hits billing, and radiologists are getting squeezed.

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S2 E11 · Feb 24

AI Just Predicted Breast Cancer Before It Started

Predictive mammography is here. Radiology's residency funding isn't.

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S1 E9 · Jun 25

Episode 9

AI mandates, pay cuts, and 90 minutes of daily paperwork — the squeeze is real.

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S1 E8 · Jun 25

Episode 8

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S1 E7 · Apr 22

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S1 E6 · Apr 19

Medicaid Just Rewrote the Rules on Imaging Authorization

More auth hoops, less federal money, and an algorithm deciding what gets approved.

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S1 E5 · Apr 18

AI Just Made CT Scans Controversial Again

A cancer-risk study puts CT on trial — and the ACR isn't staying quiet.

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S1 E4 · Apr 18

Photon-Counting CT Just Rewrote Pediatric Imaging Rules

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S1 E3 · Apr 2

Welcome to Beyond The Scan Ep. 1

Straight talk on radiology for the techs and radiologists doing the actual work.

8 min

S1 E2 · Apr 2

Episode 2

Spectral CT installs surge, AI scribes stumble, and a $120M cancer research bet lands.

8 min

S1 E1 · Apr 1

Episode 1

Funding cuts hit neuroimaging hard — and the FDA just raised the bar on AI in trials.

8 min

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Radiology Pays $571K — But Is It Enough?

Radiologist pay hit $571K with 9% growth, but real-dollar gains barely clear inflation — and a fiercely competitive market still can't fill the pipeline. CT vacancy rates hit 19.4% and VA teleradiology is gutted by federal policy, exposing how badly the whole system depends on workers it keeps undersupplying.

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IN THIS EPISODE

01Physician Salary Report 2026: Gains barely outpace inflation

022026 Radiologist Salary Report - NOW Healthcare Recruiting

03The crisis shown on HBO's ‘The Pitt' is all too real in VA hospitals

The queue

S2 E17 · Jun 9

Mammography Guidelines Just Contradicted Themselves

Contradictory screening guidance, a radiopharmaceutical pipeline heating up, and imaging staff on the picket line.

7 min

S2 E16 · Jun 9

Rad Tech Six Figures: The Salary Truth Nobody Tells You

What MRI certs actually pay, and why AI is a liability problem with no exit.

6 min

S2 E15 · Apr 23

Courts Now Decide What Radiologists Are Responsible For

Your liability may now start before you ever open the images.

7 min

S2 E14 · Apr 7

Deepfake X-Rays Are Fooling Radiologists — And AI Can't Stop It

Fake images in your PACS, faster MRI scans, and fellowship slots nobody wants.

6 min

S2 E13 · Mar 4

RadNet Just Became the World's Largest AI Radiology Company

RadNet bought its way to the top of radiology AI — and your worklist is the point.

7 min

S2 E12 · Feb 24

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Could Change How We Stage Breast Cancer

Molecular MRI, rising cardiac CT volume, and live dose data in the IR suite.

5 min

S2 E10 · Feb 24

Mammograms Now Predict Cancer Before It Starts

Mammography goes predictive, coding overhaul hits billing, and radiologists are getting squeezed.

5 min

S2 E11 · Feb 24

AI Just Predicted Breast Cancer Before It Started

Predictive mammography is here. Radiology's residency funding isn't.

5 min

S1 E9 · Jun 25

Episode 9

AI mandates, pay cuts, and 90 minutes of daily paperwork — the squeeze is real.

10 min

S1 E8 · Jun 25

Episode 8

Autonomous AI, CMS cuts, and a Parkinson's tracer — a lot moved this week.

9 min

S1 E7 · Apr 22

Beyond The Scan Ep. 2

What's really happening inside imaging — not the press release version.

10 min

S1 E6 · Apr 19

Medicaid Just Rewrote the Rules on Imaging Authorization

More auth hoops, less federal money, and an algorithm deciding what gets approved.

12 min

S1 E5 · Apr 18

AI Just Made CT Scans Controversial Again

A cancer-risk study puts CT on trial — and the ACR isn't staying quiet.

10 min

S1 E4 · Apr 18

Photon-Counting CT Just Rewrote Pediatric Imaging Rules

Pediatric imaging finally gets dedicated hardware — and the protocols to match.

9 min

S1 E3 · Apr 2

Welcome to Beyond The Scan Ep. 1

Straight talk on radiology for the techs and radiologists doing the actual work.

8 min

S1 E2 · Apr 2

Episode 2

Spectral CT installs surge, AI scribes stumble, and a $120M cancer research bet lands.

8 min

S1 E1 · Apr 1

Episode 1

Funding cuts hit neuroimaging hard — and the FDA just raised the bar on AI in trials.

8 min