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Radiology benefits manager updates coverage guidelines to include imaging AI software

EviCore, which advises leading health insurers on coverage decisions, is now recommending reimbursement for AI-backed analysis of CCTA images, provided by 3 vendors.

Lantheus set to close $750M acquisition of PET agent developer Life Molecular Imaging

LMI is the maker of Neuraceq, a globally approved F-18 positron emission tomography imaging agent used to detect beta-amyloid plaques in patients evaluated for Alzheimer’s.

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AI and QI—a partnership made for healthcare

Within healthcare, artificial intelligence and quality improvement have some things in common.

Report: UnitedHealth allegedly using legal threats to silence critics

In a new report, the New York Times details multiple incidents of the insurance giant using legal threats to silence social media users and news outlets, citing the murder of Brian Thompson and the threat of rising violence as the basis for its claims.

Judge overturns Biden-era rule that curbed medical debt reporting after CFPB backs off

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau joined trade lobby groups in asking a federal court to vacate the rule, which would have forbidden creditors from considering medical debt in lending decisions.

Doctor accused of forging vaccine cards and injecting children with saline has all charges dropped

Under the direction of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, charges against Michael Kirk Moore Jr., MD, were dropped just as his trial began. He had been accused of destroying 1,937 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and accepting kickbacks for falsifying vaccine records.

Doppler ultrasound offers accurate, accessible alternative for diagnosing peripheral artery disease

Experts believe the method could be easily integrated into clinical settings and improve screening for PAD.

AI ups detection of small prostate lesions by nearly 20%

Many experts believe that artifcial intelligence could help address issues with reader variability on prostate MRIs.

$Eko Health, the California-based healthcare technology company known for its advanced stethoscopes, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new artificial intelligence (AI) offering designed to detect low ejection fraction (EF).$

FDA approves new AI model for detecting signs of heart failure with a stethoscope

Eko Health worked closely with Mayo Clinic to develop and evaluate its latest AI offering. “Importantly, since a stethoscope is small and portable, this technology can be used in urban and remote locations," one clinician said.

Abbott has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system designed to treat tricuspid regurgitation (TR).

FDA approves Abbott’s TriClip TEER device for tricuspid regurgitation

Less than two months after an FDA advisory panel voted in favor of approval, the transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system can now be sold and marketed in the United States.

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Ready and willing but not yet able: America’s schools staring down GenAI

The nation’s K-12 teachers and school administrators are intrigued by—yet anxious about—the advance of AI into their world.

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