Economics

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Lumexa Imaging announces 1st earnings results, with $44M net loss in 2025
For the year, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based imaging group logged consolidated revenues of $1 billion, up 7% compared to $945 million in 2024.
Nuclear medicine firm Shine Technologies raises $240M
Surgeon, researcher and billionaire entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, and his company NantWorks led the funding round with participation from several others.
Hospitals accounted for 40% of spike in healthcare spending, far more than any other category: KFF
The study by the nonprofit KFF is focused on the jump in overall healthcare prices from 2022 to 2024, with hospitals leading as a result of both delayed care from the pandemic and an increase in prices for services.
Vascular imaging at heart of $71M fraud scheme—DOJ announces prison sentences
The years-long scheme involved sending kickbacks to physicians who ordered unnecessary transcranial doppler exams. Two conspirators have now been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay substantial fines.
CMS defers $260M in Medicaid funds as part of ‘major crackdown on healthcare fraud’
The money was meant for Minnesota, where criminals were indicted for abusing the Medicaid system to run bogus daycare centers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not specify how the state can rectify the situation to the Trump administration’s satisfaction.

Lumexa Imaging announces 1st earnings results, with $44M net loss in 2025

For the year, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based imaging group logged consolidated revenues of $1 billion, up 7% compared to $945 million in 2024.

Nuclear medicine firm Shine Technologies raises $240M

Surgeon, researcher and billionaire entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, and his company NantWorks led the funding round with participation from several others.

doctor comparing the costs of different medical treatments

Hospitals accounted for 40% of spike in healthcare spending, far more than any other category: KFF

The study by the nonprofit KFF is focused on the jump in overall healthcare prices from 2022 to 2024, with hospitals leading as a result of both delayed care from the pandemic and an increase in prices for services.

Vascular imaging at heart of $71M fraud scheme—DOJ announces prison sentences

The years-long scheme involved sending kickbacks to physicians who ordered unnecessary transcranial doppler exams. Two conspirators have now been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay substantial fines.

CMS defers $260M in Medicaid funds as part of ‘major crackdown on healthcare fraud’

The money was meant for Minnesota, where criminals were indicted for abusing the Medicaid system to run bogus daycare centers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not specify how the state can rectify the situation to the Trump administration’s satisfaction.

Vintage neon drug sign at the Walgreens pharmacy on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans.

Walgreens cuts 628 jobs and closes distribution facility, alarming private equity watchdog

Sycamore Partners took over the struggling retail pharmacy chain roughly six months ago, and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project fears early staffing cuts and store closures could spell trouble for the long-term health of the newly restructured business.

Medtronic’s diabetes division seeks $7.9B valuation in upcoming IPO

MiniMed, Medtronic's diabetes business, hopes to sell 28 million shares of its common stock at a price of $25 to $28 per share.

Friederike Keating, MD, professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, and director of nuclear cardiology at University of Vermont Health, said artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging may actually increase costs and make workflows less efficient in some instances. She said this is a key thing for health systems and policy makers to keep in mind if there is not clear data showing it helps.

How the rise of AI could lead to efficiency issues and lower reimbursement payments

AI has shown the potential to transform patient care. However, there are more details to consider than many health systems and policymakers realize.