Recent articles in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal document the growing popularity of MRI screening. These screening scans are typically not covered by Medicare or any insurance company. Despite such non-coverage, the demand for these screening studies is growing. Proponents of screening MRI scanning are critical of relying only on diagnostic MRI since diagnostic tests are ordered only to investigate a patient's signs or symptoms that warrant the performance of the studies. They contend that diagnostic studies find significant abnormalities too late and are slow to produce since more time is needed produce diagnostic quality images, making diagnostic MRI scans unhelpful to early detection.

Source: Washington Post September 14, 2023 06:10 UTC