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These third-party marketers earn commissions from their insurer clients not only upon initial signups but also every time “their” enrollees renew without changing plans.

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This type of imaging is increasingly being implemented in clinical care, though financing and billing practices have lagged these advances, experts write in Pediatric Radiology

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ASTRO recently inked a memorandum of understanding with its overseas counterpart, the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, hoping to simplify clinical guidelines worldwide. 

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The Tucson, Arizona-based radiology practice announced it will offer 20% discounts on its longevity scans to the military, veterans and first responders. 

Samuel Jones, MD, MPH, director of inpatient electrophysiology at the Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga Heart Institute, discusses concerns over new heart failure Medicare Ambulatory Specialty Model payment model that starts on Jan. 1, 2027.

Samuel Jones, MD, reviews some of the biggest concerns about a new Medicare payment model focused on heart failure care that goes live in 2027. 

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Boston Scientific has invested heavily in Georgia-based MiRus, a rising name in the competitive TAVR landscape.

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The Acist Pro Diagnostic System provides real-time contrast tracking, customizable presets and on-screen troubleshooting.

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Efficient scheduling is becoming increasingly important as demand for nuclear medicine services grows, experts write in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Calculator is more traditionally used to calculate short-term risks, but this single-center analysis suggests it can also anticipate issues well into the future.

Seth Baum, MD, FACC, FACPM, FAHA, FNLA, FASPC, Chairman of the Board for the Family Heart Foundation, past president of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, clinical affiliate professor of biomedical science at Florida Atlantic University, and chief medical officer of Flourish Research, explains why testing for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and elevated Lipoprotein(a) could be critical to identify more patients with elevated risk of cardiac events, but have their LDL well controlled.

"Lp(a) represents the most important potential potential paradigm shift in cardiovascular disease prevention that we'll experience over the next five to 10 years," Seth Baum, MD, explained in a new interview.

Researchers say their findings suggest that medications that increase prefrontal dopamine "are an important lead to pursue.” 

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CMS is seeking to cut unnecessary use of certain IR services in Medicare, such as image-guided decompression of the spine, epidural steroid injections and percutaneous vertebral augmentation.  

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These third-party marketers earn commissions from their insurer clients not only upon initial signups but also every time “their” enrollees renew without changing plans.

This type of imaging is increasingly being implemented in clinical care, though financing and billing practices have lagged these advances, experts write in Pediatric Radiology

ASTRO recently inked a memorandum of understanding with its overseas counterpart, the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, hoping to simplify clinical guidelines worldwide.