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Is the No Surprises Act working? Government watchdog is uncertain

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.

Health system CEO fired without cause in wake of class-action lawsuit over unnecessary surgeries

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.

Americans keep poisoning themselves with semaglutide, other weight loss drugs

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 is transforming cardiac imaging—often in ways clinicians do not recognize

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

EARLY TAVR update: New data highlight continued benefits of treating asymptomatic aortic stenosis

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

AI-powered brain tumor segmentation tool earns clearance in US

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

Clinicians are making more money despite stagnant reimbursement. Guess how?

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.

Kentucky doc earns $3.5M judgment after seven-year court battle over complaint he was ‘on something’

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.

Stanford Medicine’s Department of Radiology inks partnership with Novartis

They’ll work to accelerate research and development around targets for radioligand imaging across a wide range of oncological applications.

In brief: Dems and GOPers both wrong about healthcare | Physician trainees literally going hungry | Uplifting points of 2025 light

Democrats want to keep Obamacare going. Republicans want to replace it, ideally with health savings accounts. Regardless of which approach holds sway this week—or whenever—either one would be woefully shortsighted.

House GOP slaps down ACA subsidies as ‘Lower Health Care Premiums Act’ moves to Senate

A Hail Mary attempt by a bipartisan group to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits failed. The new bill contains some reforms, including new reporting requirements for PBMs and support for association health plans. It now faces the Senate.

Morgue manager at Harvard Medical School gets 8 years for selling the deceased

Cedric Lodge, 58, pleaded guilty in May for his role in procuring human organs and tissue for sale on an interstate black market. His wife, Denise Lodge, was sentenced to one year for collaborating. The couple sold organs out of their home in New Hampshire, prosecutors said.

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Americans keep poisoning themselves with semaglutide, other weight loss drugs

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