What are the roles of radiologist assistants, radiology practitioner assistants, and physician assistants?
Radiologist assistants (RAs) and radiology practitioner assistants (RPAs) are registered radiological technologists who have undertaken a higher level of education and training. RAs and RPAs are required to be supervised by a radiologist. Some radiology practices have hired physician assistants (PAs) and are training them to practice radiology. Differences between radiologist assistants (RAs) and radiology practitioner assistants (RPAs) have emerged from differences in educational standards, impacting the level of practice and overall autonomy of RAs and RPAs in clinical practice. The RPA acronym, however, has caused some confusion, since it sometimes has been incorrectly associated with the benefits and requirements of the physician assistant (PA) designation. Physician assistants (PA) differ from RAs in that PAs are qualified to receive a national physician identification number (NPI) that allows them to bill separately for their services. PAs are trained in general medicine, while R
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