At last week’s campaign-style rally in Michigan, President Donald Trump claimed he’d done away with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) when the 2017 tax bill repealed the individual mandate. But folks at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), though, would disagree. A recent report from the New York Times examines IRS's plan to send out penalty notices to more than 30,000 businesses in the U.S.

Thought leaders within radiology largely agree that the specialty is in a unique position to help lead the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical practice. But how, exactly, does that happen?

Massachusetts doctors are quick to refer patients for expensive imaging services like MRI and CAT scanning, the Boston Business Journal reported this week—and it cost the federal government an estimated $27 million in 2015.

Radiology residents and medical students alike are driven more by fulfilling careers, work-life balance and interest in their specialty than financial aspirations or the job market itself, according to a Journal of the American College of Radiology-published study, suggesting trainees select a medical path based more on social and intrinsic motivations and less on external successes.

Despite low prevalence in the demographic, women younger than 40 years old should still undergo triple assessment for breast cancer—especially if they present with a symptomatic lump or have extensive family history of the disease, a team of U.K. researchers reported in Clinical Radiology this month.

According to CNBC, Elliott Management made an all-cash deal for Athenahealth on Monday morning. Elliott’s bid is for $160 a share—a 27 percent premium to the Massachusetts-based healthcare technology company’s Friday afternoon price.

For outpatient surgery, those with lower health literacy experienced poorer recovery and decreased quality of life, according to an April 25 study published in JAMA Surgery.

More than one-third of readmissions within seven days of discharge—36 percent—are preventable, according to research published May 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.