Investors continue to pour funds into radiology and other segments of medicine, seeking shelter from volatility seen elsewhere.

"Healthcare private equity has earned a recession-proof reputation," according to one expert. 

“Crystal Run has long recognized that the fee-for-service reimbursement model is broken," the practice's CEO said in an email to employees.

Nearly three dozen healthcare leaders were included in this year’s list of the richest people in the world, according to Forbes, which recently published its “World’s Billionaires List."

“Without a doubt, this proposal created strong feelings across our membership," ACC President B. Hadley Wilson, MD, said in a statement. 

SCAI President Sunil Rao, MD, discussed the group's efforts to address the shift in interventional procedures from hospitals to less expensive ambulatory surgical centers.

The company is still riding the momentum of its technology being included in the 2021 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association chest pain guidelines.

Radiology makes up the vast majority of FDA-cleared AI algorithms, but with minimal or no reimbursement, hospital administrators may ask whether AI’s value justifies its expense.