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The former proprietor of a pharmacy in New Jersey was caught billing federal insurance for prescriptions of the antibiotic Dificid at $4,000 a pop, despite providers never ordering the pills. He pleaded guilty to charges of healthcare fraud conspiracy in November 2025.

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Do: Use large-language AI to help analyze your specific symptoms. Don’t: Ask a chatbot if you should go to the emergency room.

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If Congress doesn’t act soon, CMS’s flexible funding of telemedicine visits—a temporary holdover from the COVID era—will dry up next year. A new study may help persuade fiscally cautious representatives not to let that happen.

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In a survey, employers told the Business Group on Health that they aren’t yet seeing evidence of long-term health benefits from taking GLP-1s for weight loss, leaving them unsure how to manage costs while continuing to cover them.

KardiaPSI Balloon Catheter Corvention

The new device from Arizona-based Corvention was built to withstand the extreme pressures associated with treating severely calcified valves. 

Boston Scientific's Seismiq 4CE Coronary IVL Catheter

The company's Seismiq platform has already gained FDA approval for treating PAD. This new analysis highlights its potential to treat calcified coronary lesions during PCI procedures.

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) Jamieson Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC, a professor and the director of nuclear cardiology at the University of Virginia, explains the key federal policies impacting cardiology that were discussed with lawmakers on Capital Hill last week.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology visited Capitol Hill to advocate for a variety of issues. Cardiovascular Business spoke to the group's president to learn more.

Harold Litt, MD

Litt, a leading name in the fields of radiology and cardiology, has been with the journal since it was first launched in 2019. 

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Boston Scientific manufactured these devices from 2002 to 2021, and approximately 354,000 are still in use. It is recommended that clinicians look for early signs of this issue during scheduled follow-up appointments.

A new analysis suggests that preference signaling can both help and hinder residents’ efforts during the application process.

Researchers reviewed data from more than 1,300 patients who underwent both CCTA and TEE after undergoing LAAO. The two modalities were comparable in many ways, but cardiac CT was linked to a few key benefits.

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Ablation therapy used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma requires image guidance, which is usually done via ultrasound, CT or MRI.

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The former proprietor of a pharmacy in New Jersey was caught billing federal insurance for prescriptions of the antibiotic Dificid at $4,000 a pop, despite providers never ordering the pills. He pleaded guilty to charges of healthcare fraud conspiracy in November 2025.

Do: Use large-language AI to help analyze your specific symptoms. Don’t: Ask a chatbot if you should go to the emergency room.

If Congress doesn’t act soon, CMS’s flexible funding of telemedicine visits—a temporary holdover from the COVID era—will dry up next year. A new study may help persuade fiscally cautious representatives not to let that happen.