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According to Heartflow, Cleerly's actions represent “one of the most egregious examples of piracy in the medical technology industry.” Cleerly commented on the lawsuit, defending the value and integrity of its products. 

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The Mountain View, California-based company—which creates personalized models of the heart from CT scans—is taking rival Cleerly to court. 

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If the budget makes it through Congress intact as submitted—a big if even with the president’s party in the majority in both chambers—healthcare is in for some strict belt-tightening. 

Microbot Medical LIBERTY robotic endovascular system

The system was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September and was adopted by the interventional team at Atlanta-based Emory shortly after.

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

An exclusive interview with Scott Steiner, CEO of Phoebe Putney—a nonprofit health system that serves Southwest Georgia. 

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Women who underwent mammograms at the facility during the specified timeframe may need to have those exams repeated. 

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Job growth in cardiology is expected to outpace other healthcare specialties in the years ahead. The demand for new cardiologists is so high, however, that the current shortage is not expected to end anytime soon.

Darryl Drevna, senior director of regulatory affairs, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), explains why the group objects to a near-complete freeze in an annual payment adjustment for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, arguing it fails to keep pace with the real-world costs of delivering care to Medicare patients.

The American Medical Group Association explains why it has issues with the payment adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans, arguing it fails to keep pace with the real-world costs.

Nuclear medicine operations may soon enjoy steadier flows of certain in-demand radioisotopes. If so, much credit will go to companies that had the strategic sense to collaborate with each other. 

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Researchers recently examined the benefit of these consultations, conducting a randomized clinical trial incorporating explanatory videos about IR procedures. 

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"Eliminating this flexibility would significantly reduce outpatient imaging capacity, forcing many patients to seek services in hospital-based settings," the RBMA contends. 

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Tennr uses an “enterprise orchestration engine” and series of specialized language models, trained on the nuances of processing documentation against payer criteria. 

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According to Heartflow, Cleerly's actions represent “one of the most egregious examples of piracy in the medical technology industry.” Cleerly commented on the lawsuit, defending the value and integrity of its products.