The insurer is challenging three phone calls made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that led to a docked rating for some of Humana’s plans. A previous challenge, which broadly contested the agency’s star rating criteria, was dismissed.

The statement is intended to standardize terminology, indications for CT use, acquisition parameters and reporting guidelines for patients with long COVID.

The solution was developed to be adaptable within the EHR, enabling improved communication of incidental findings beyond just pulmonary nodules to include other high-risk findings. 

Gen Xers and their elders tend to believe AI will do more harm than good. More than half of American adults 50 and older place themselves in that somewhat cynical category. 

Alan Matsumoto, MD, explains the pros and cons of consolidation under hospital system and private equity ownership.

Variable technologist training and skill levels, inconsistent onboarding and training, “constant” turnover, and a high number of unfilled positions all have contributed. 

"Cutting payment for these lifesaving exams is not helpful. We look forward to working with regulators and those in Congress to arrive at more sensible imaging reimbursement policies," an ACR leader says. 

In 2025 so far, the Plantation, Florida, imaging provider has changed its CEO and CFO while also creating a new CMO role filled by an outside radiologist.