Amid a national debate over whether or not to dissolve the Affordable Care Act entirely or keep parts of the law intact, research presented at the American Heart Association’s QCOR Scientific Sessions on April 5 suggests Medicaid expansion contributed to a significant decline in cardiovascular-related deaths in recent years.

“Organized medicine, including national radiology specialty societies, will need to evaluate this trend and impact on society membership," wrote authors of a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Cigna and Express Scripts announced April 3 they’re launching a Patient Assurance Program that will ensure individuals with diabetes pay no more than $25 out-of-pocket for insulin each month.

The bipartisan bill (HR 1969) was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, April 2, by Reps. Danny Davis (D-IL) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and would provide Medicare coverage for CT colonography screening.

The creators of CMS’s Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating ratings system—aka “Hospital Compare”—intended to present healthcare consumers with an easy, user-friendly way to choose a hospital. However, since the ratings went live in 2016, the system has proven both confusing to consumers and confounding to hospitals.

New legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow radiologists to submit Medicare claims for imaging services performed by radiologist assistants (RAs) in hospitals and non-imaging services performed in the hospital or an office setting.

Patient advocacy groups and healthcare organizations, including the American College of Radiology (ACR), are urging Congress to pass HR 1969, the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) published its latest updated Appropriateness Criteria to help radiologists improve care across 12 topic areas.