The American College of Radiology (ACR) is accepting applications for its new ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center program, which recognizes facilities committed to providing quality screening care to patients at the highest risk for lung cancer. 

Medical device executives from across the region are not sure the influx of new patients using their devices and the promised sales boost expected from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will offset the costs of the ACA’s medical device tax, according to a new survey analysis presented to more than 350 medical technology leaders at UMass-Boston at the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council’s (MassMEDIC) 17th annual conference.