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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.

Aidoc's chest X-ray reporting tool earns FDA Breakthrough Device designation

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

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.

America's largest hospital systems still relying on CDs for image sharing

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.

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.

Medicare physician fee schedule final rule 2026.

Feds release highly anticipated No Surprises Act final rule, drawing mixed reactions from radiology

"This rule does not address the core issues driving dysfunction in the NSA process,” Radiology Associates of North Texas said May 28.

Philips partners with Disney to incorporate iconic characters in MRI exams

The Amsterdam-based imaging manufacturer said it will utilize beloved animated characters and stories as part of the Philips Ambient Experience.

Some minorities more likely to have dementia but less apt to signal so on PET imaging

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.

Primary care as public utility: Imagine that, researchers urge

A team of healthcare scholars is making U.S. states an offer they hope the border-defined polities won’t refuse: If you’ll pay for the reinvention of primary care, we’ll help sell the public on the rightness of measured, state-level efforts to preserve the profession.

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Is the No Surprises Act working? Government watchdog is uncertain

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Aidoc's chest X-ray reporting tool earns FDA Breakthrough Device designation

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