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.

Radiology experts say state Medicaid rates must increase to improve imaging access
Neiman Health Policy Institute experts sought to standardize the Medicaid versus Medicare difference across state lines to understand how lower pay impacts access.
FDA announces recall of cryoablation catheters after multiple injuries, including 4 deaths
Boston Scientific is recalling the catheters associated with its POLARx Cryoablation System due to a heightened risk of esophageal injury. The FDA has ruled that this a Class I recall.
‘Incredibly rewarding’: FDA expands total artificial heart study after early success
An additional 15 patients will now receive BiVacor's titanium total artificial heart technology as they wait for a permanent transplant.
Congress reaches deal to partially blunt Medicare pay cut, ditches prior authorization reform
“We are deeply disappointed that Congress failed to fully remedy the looming 2025 Medicare payment cut to physician practices," the MGMA said Tuesday.
Mangione charged with terrorism-related murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
A grand jury in New York has indicted Luigi Mangione, 26, on 11 charges, including murder in the first degree.

Interoperability and Population Health Management: Unlocking the Data

McKesson

As health care moves from fee-for-service to value-based medicine, and, eventually, to population health management, imaging is facing the imperative to redefine its role in the care continuum. “We’ll be focused closely on value and outcome measures in the environment we’re calling imaging 3.0,” says Mike Tilkin, CIO of the American College of Radiology (ACR). “Radiologists will play pivotal roles throughout the care process—from the time a study is ordered to being engaged as a consultant throughout the care cycle to being a resource to the patient.”

November 27, 2013

Policy & Regulations

Radiology experts say state Medicaid rates must increase to improve imaging access

FDA announces recall of cryoablation catheters after multiple injuries, including 4 deaths

‘Incredibly rewarding’: FDA expands total artificial heart study after early success

Congress reaches deal to partially blunt Medicare pay cut, ditches prior authorization reform

Mangione charged with terrorism-related murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing