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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it needs more data to determine what savings the 2020 law is bringing to the U.S. healthcare system—but early data indicate it falls short of expectations.

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Reese Jackson, the former president and CEO of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare was unceremoniously dismissed from his role on June 1. Jackson has been named as a defendant in a pending class-action lawsuit filed by 900 women. 

These incidents became much more common after the FDA started approving GLP-1 drugs for chronic weight management in 2021. 

Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT, a professor of biomedical sciences, co-associate director of the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, and director of the quantitative image analysis program at Cedars-Sinai, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting cardiovascular imaging without most people realizing.

AI impacts care in so many ways now that it often goes unnoticed by clinicians. 

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

Philippe Généreux, MD, presented updated findings from one of cardiology's most closely watched trials at New York Valves 2026. 

 The clearance marks a key milestone in the company’s expansion into the North American market. 

Compensation for healthcare providers rose some 4.3% in 2025. The sobering news is that the gain owes more to heavier daily workloads than to bigger per-patient billings. 

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The state’s Supreme Court restored the judgment, agreeing that John Farmer, Jr., MD, was branded with a “proverbial scarlet letter” after the complaint, which spiraled out of control and damaged his career. 

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PFA has emerged as the preferred ablation strategy for many electrophysiologists, but some questions do remain about its long-term impact. HRS is developing this new registry to be as user-friendly for clinicians as possible.

Kimberly Powell, vice president, general manager of healthcare at NVIDIA, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly expanded in radiology and how many of the companies showing AI products at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2025 meeting use the company's technology. She said a few key technology launches by GE Healthcare show a deeper integration of NVIDIA's AI technology, and shared what the next generation of "physical AI" will enable autonomous radiology exams.

“Physical AI agents being able to actually deliver some of these services—all the way into robotic surgery—this is where we're going to see this next chapter of medicine be written,” said Kimberly Powell, vice president and general manager of healthcare at Nvidia.
 

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The ACC and AHA both issued new statements on noninvasive CCTA offerings that use advanced AI to evaluate patients with suspected CAD. These technologies have gained significant momentum in recent years, and experts agree that they represent a game-changing advancement in the world of cardiovascular imaging.

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The case dates to July 2019, when breast specialist Claire Hanley, MD, first filed suit against New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. 

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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it needs more data to determine what savings the 2020 law is bringing to the U.S. healthcare system—but early data indicate it falls short of expectations.

Reese Jackson, the former president and CEO of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare was unceremoniously dismissed from his role on June 1. Jackson has been named as a defendant in a pending class-action lawsuit filed by 900 women. 

These incidents became much more common after the FDA started approving GLP-1 drugs for chronic weight management in 2021.