Hospital groups have launched a lawsuit against HHS over its new outpatient prospective payment system rule, which was finalized in November.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are two titanic trends driving the future of medical imaging, according to an in-depth analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The study’s authors also assessed other trends that continue to gain momentum.

Health insurance and services provider Humana has announced it will accelerate stock repurchase of $750 million.

Convicted of writing prescriptions for non-medical reasons, former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) radiologist Marios Papachristou is now asking for probation after claiming he only used the pills for his addiction, not money-making purposes, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

As CVS Health continues to deal with the closure of its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna, its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) branch is moving ahead with a new pricing model. The new focus could help guarantee net cost predictability and simplify pricing.

Cryoablation may be an effective treatment method for women with low-risk breast cancers, according to research presented at RSNA 2018 in Chicago.

A hospital’s suggestion that a Michigan woman raise $10,000 before being considered for a heart transplant fueled outrage last month, but that situation isn’t all that uncommon, according to a Dec. 5 story from Kaiser Health News.

Prone stereotactic (PS) vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) has replaced surgical excision for diagnosing findings identified at mammography, but it also has some significant limitations. Does digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)-guided VABB provide specialists with a better alternative?