The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a new program for alternative payment model participants that would allow clinicians to use products containing CBD as part of patient care plans. In response, the Food and Drug Administration vowed not to further restrict the sale of oral hemp products.

The Marlborough, Massachusetts-based breast imaging vendor expects its sale to TPG and Blackstone to officially close on April 7. 

“Radiology practices may wish to consider these findings when presenting patients with an option to pay for AI interpretation,” experts write in JACR. 

Leaders at the hospital have equipped the radiology department’s MRI scanner with a new AI software that essentially fills in the blanks between image slices with synthetic images.

CMS officially announced the move on April 6, with it applying to the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. 

Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive form of blood cancer and bone marrow that occurs in the years following radiation and chemotherapy. 

The insurer (also known as Elevance) first launched its new “nonparticipating care providers” policy across 11 states beginning on Jan. 1, drawing widespread criticism. 

Bhatt describes a mix of drug, device and strategy trials pointing to advances in cardiovascular science.
 

The risk associated with under-recognized CKD emerged early, highlighting the need for screening soon after a CAD diagnosis so that cardio-renal protective drugs can be started much earlier.

The 2023 incident potentially gave an attacker access to the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of thousands of heart patients.