Beginning on Jan. 1, the country's largest private insurer will cover the initial follow-up breast exam for beneficiaries with certain plans. 

The Government Accountability Office wrote in a new report that the National Institutes of Health violated the Impoundment Control Act, which bars delays in allocating funds approved by Congress, when it pulled funds for research grants linked to “equity-related” initiatives.

Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, explained the many ways cardiology's business models are starting to evolve. She also touched on a number of other topics, including AI and the power of prevention.

Efforts to expand the scope of practice for these lesser-trained clinicians are increasing as the growing shortage of physicians becomes more pronounced, especially in rural areas.

Or maybe the White House’s AI Action Plan will spur a mix of positive opportunities, negative challenges—and neutral adjustments.

The payment program spent $484 million on 15 different low-value imaging services, a figure that balloons to $584 million when factoring for out-of-pocket costs.  

California-based Heartflow, which offers an AI software that assesses coronary CT angiography scans, hopes to raise over $200 million through the stock offering. 

No single CMS strategy has proven an inarguable success at delivering significant cost savings while optimizing patient outcomes and minimizing clinical risks. Two researchers think they’ve found a way.