Healthcare mergers and acquisition activity fell 13% in 2020, reflecting a significantly subdued economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

An AI startup’s virtual-patient technology is good enough at teaching empathy to clinicians that it’s already in use at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the National Health Service in Britain and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Compensation for cardiologists has been ample in recent years. Could the healthcare industry’s growing interest in value over volume lead to a change in that trend?

The recommendation stems from an analysis of Medicare waste in radiology and other specialties, published in JAMA Network Open. 

Imaging advocates believe that with so much at stake, the task force must take cues from one of the specialties most impacted by its guidance. 

An undercover investigation allegedly traced uploads to one 41-year-old man's home and employer, where he worked as a CT/x-ray tech, the DOJ said. 

The donation will go toward helping physician assistants and nurse practitioners further their careers. 

A month and a half after hospitals were mandated to show their prices for shoppable services, anecdotal evidence shows some may be deeming the penalty of up to $300 per day insufficiently incentivizing.