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. 

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$66M to hospitalize 38 patients over 3 weeks—would you take that deal?

Responding swiftly to the COVID crisis this past spring, the city of Chicago imagined, built and began operating a nicely outfitted, high-capacity hospital in just three weeks and five days. That was the impressive part.

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New Jersey imaging provider sues Cigna over $400,000 in denied COVID-related claims

Open MRI Imaging said it submitted several invoices to the payer between February and July, but the insurer refused to pay, issuing “unelaborated denials” or contending that the bills were “duplicative.” 

Search engines unequally inhospitable to antivaxxers

Privacy-first search engines brought back numerous sites when researchers entered the words vaccine and autism. Google turned up zero. Is that impressive—or glaring?

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Quash ‘reckless’ Medicare cuts that could cost radiology billions, lawmakers urge Congress

Led by Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., the bipartisan group of 92 House members want leaders to waive budget neutrality requirements tied to E/M codes. 

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County could cut $116M in spending on imaging, other services by steering patients toward cheaper options

That’s according to a recently released analysis out of the Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based think tank.

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Imaging groups urge USPSTF to remove 'arbitrary' cutoffs, expand lung cancer screening eligibility

The ACR and MITA both strongly support the proposal to lower screening age and smoking history requirements, but say the recent changes do not go far enough.

Debate over hybrid classrooms a signpost of back-to-school health troubles ahead

On its face, hybrid schooling appears a prudent compromise during the COVID-19 crisis. However, it’s awfully easy to find health and education experts crying Stop the madness.

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$35M funding opportunity for Mo-99, Siemens FDA approval, and more imaging vendor news

Plus, RadNet and Hologic team up to advance artificial intelligence in breast imaging, and GE Healthcare strikes a distribution deal.