AI is now as much a part of U.S. healthcare as any other technology category in wide use across the sector. However, like no other technology, its role is “being actively shaped, not passively adopted” by clinicians and patients alike.
A recent OIG report suggested vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists may be performing medically unnecessary procedures in office-based labs. Now, some of the leading medical societies from those fields have provided additional context.
Starting next New Year’s Day, many Medicaid beneficiaries will need to show they’re working at least 80 hours a week in order to continue qualifying for the means-tested public assistance.
The new guidelines take effect in 2027. However, the associated data infrastructure the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it is developing to streamline eligibility determinations and appeals will not go live until 2028.
Black and Hispanic individuals—known to be at greater risk of developing the degenerative disease—are significantly less likely than others to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans, according to new research.
AI is now as much a part of U.S. healthcare as any other technology category in wide use across the sector. However, like no other technology, its role is “being actively shaped, not passively adopted” by clinicians and patients alike.
