Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies.

FDA clears new AI-enabled coronary plaque analysis software
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, a Canadian medtech company, received the key approval for its cvi42 | Plaque platform.
Mammography services suspended at 2 hospitals following ACR review
A news release indicates the suspensions are due to breast images not meeting the college's clinical quality standards.
Consolidation may be driving radiologists away from practicing as generalists
Radiologists who experienced a practice closure are more likely to operate as subspecialists afterward, according to new Neiman research.
FDA warns Philips after issues arise at multiple manufacturing facilities
Meanwhile, the Amsterdam-based imaging giant said it has already taken action to begin correcting these issues.
FDA accepts application for new Alzheimer’s PET imaging agent from Lantheus
The company is working to commercialize MK-6240, a radiodiagnostic that targets tau protein tangles—a “key hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases.”

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AdvaMed itemizes AI imperatives for ‘the entire healthcare ecosystem’

If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.

UnitedHealth defends $3.3B Amedisys acquisition

UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum is turning to the court of public opinion to defend the merger.

AMA delegates voice concern about radiologists' exposure to ionizing radiation

The American Medical Association House of Delegates on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the organization to step up advocacy efforts on this issue.

DOJ sues to block UnitedHealth’s $3.3B acquisition of home health giant

The DOJ met with UnitedHealth execs in an attempt to resolve antitrust concerns out of court, but those talks stalled, a report claims.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Healthcare payers favor software that helps their companies personalize member experience and engagement.

Radiologists and other physicians want greater scrutiny around hospitals’ nonprofit status

Docs at the AMA’s Interim Meeting in Orlando, Florida, have voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and to standardize charity care policies.

Lantheus expects sales of ‘blockbuster’ cancer imaging agent to surpass $1B in 2024

Pylarify is a PSMA-targeted PET agent for pinpointing suspected metastasis or recurrence of prostate cancer, which will be impacted by a new Medicare policy change.

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Private equity firm to buy Summa Health for $485M

HATco, part of General Catalyst, is set to purchase the Ohio-based health system, which currently has roughly $850 million in debt on its balance sheet.

Policy & Regulations

FDA clears new AI-enabled coronary plaque analysis software

Mammography services suspended at 2 hospitals following ACR review

Consolidation may be driving radiologists away from practicing as generalists

FDA warns Philips after issues arise at multiple manufacturing facilities

FDA accepts application for new Alzheimer’s PET imaging agent from Lantheus