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New Neiman research explores how Medicare's New Technology Add-On Payment has impacted use of an AI triage tool for pinpointing severe strokes. 

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The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act seeks to streamline the “often cumbersome and time-consuming” task of approving requests for medical imaging in Medicare Advantage. 

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The publicly traded, Israel-based company reported its quarterly earnings result on June 25, including a net loss of $14.3 million, up 8% from the previous year. 

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The Bedford, Massachusetts-based manufacturer has for months sought to roll out LNTH-2501—a radioactive diagnostic kit for localizing neuroendocrine tumors. 

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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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The product analyzes chest radiographs and creates high quality draft report text to help radiologists complete interpretations more efficiently while direct oversight.

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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. 

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Despite the many technological advancements that have occurred in radiology, the specialty is still lagging when it comes to image and data sharing, according to new research.  

Example of the four types of breast tissue density. The density of fibroglandular tissue inside the breast impacts the ability to easily see cancers. Cancers are very easy to spot in fatty breasts, but are almost impossible to find in extremely dense breasts. These examples show craniocaudal mammogram findings characterized as almost entirely fatty (far left), scattered areas of fibroglandular density (second from left), heterogeneously dense (second from right), and extremely dense (far right). RSNA

The modality often detects clinically important disease that is missed on standard 3D mammogram screening exams.

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To address this latest safety concern, the third in three months, the company is updating each device and then returning it to the customer.

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) President-elect Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC, medical director of nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and the stress laboratory at UVA Health in Charlottesville, and a professor of medicine and radiology at the University of Virginia, explains key trends and his plans to advance nuclear cardiology in 2026. #ASNC

Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, previewed his plans for the future in a new interview with Cardiovascular Business. 

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Some controllers were assembled with an incorrect part, potentially impacting device performance. The FDA shared an early alert about this issue in August. It has been linked to one patient's death. 

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New Neiman research explores how Medicare's New Technology Add-On Payment has impacted use of an AI triage tool for pinpointing severe strokes. 

The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act seeks to streamline the “often cumbersome and time-consuming” task of approving requests for medical imaging in Medicare Advantage. 

The publicly traded, Israel-based company reported its quarterly earnings result on June 25, including a net loss of $14.3 million, up 8% from the previous year.