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Radiologists say visa-processing delays could pose potential patient care crisis

ACR and other medical societies recently wrote to the secretaries of State and Homeland Security to voice their concern about ongoing staffing issues.

Targeted interventions could help reduce pre-test anxiety, improve the physical screening experience, and address structural barriers in underserved settings.

CMS projection: 90% of Americans will still have health insurance in 2034—when healthcare spending reaches $9T

Legislative changes, demographic shifts and growing demand will combine to drive national health spending to almost $9 trillion by 2034.

In 3-game healthcare series, underdog large-language models sweep specialized AI powerhouses

Pitting three multipurpose LLMs against two healthcare-specific AI tools, researchers have discovered the consumer-level AI can beat its purpose-built counterparts in healthcare scenarios—and soundly, at that.

Kaiser Permanente to pay community hospital over $82M to resolve out-of-network reimbursement dispute

The lawsuit dates back to 2019 but has been stuck in the court process for years. In the end, the health plan will pay Pomona Valley Hospital for emergency care delivered to patients at an out-of-network rate—though the facility didn’t get all of what it was seeking.

Florida probes CVS Health in latest crackdown on PBMs

State Attorney General James Uthmeier is forcing the company to hand over thousands of documents related to its pharmacy contracts and reimbursement policies to see if the retail giant is abusing its position in the market as both a pharmacy benefit manager and a retail chain of drug stores.

AI method slashes breast MRI acquisition times

Researchers believe the technique also could have utility for brain, head and neck MRI applications and could eventually be adapted to other imaging modalities as well.

Pigeons excel at spotting abnormalities on CT scans

Researchers believe pigeons' perceptual processes could be used to develop artificial intelligence applications in radiology.

Carestream sells off international business lines to improve balance sheet

Under terms of the deal, Carestream is unloading its international operations to Midea Group, a Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer.

The ‘AI avalanche’ descends on surgery, ChatGPT goes healthcare-specific and more AI news & views not to miss

AI is an icy landslide sweeping through healthcare. Even surgeons must choose between two stark options: Ride the crest of the powder cloud now or dig yourselves out of a deep runout zone later.

Doctor faces 58 counts of unlawful opioid distribution, fraud as part of 'pill mill' operation

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that 52-year-old Ritesh Kalra, MD, wrote 50 prescriptions a day for addictive painkillers and billed New Jersey Medicaid for patient visits that never occurred. The alleged incidents occurred between 2019 and 2025.

Lawsuit alleges AFP imported unsafe HIV drugs from Turkey through gray market supply chains

Numerous “alternative funding programs” are named as defendants in what is a larger challenge of the right of these third-party organizations to import drugs from overseas, bypassing FDA regulations.

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