Cigna has teamed up with Bicycle Health to add coverage for virtual opioid use disorder treatment to Cigna plan customers.

Question 1. Is the CMS policy that requires documenting shared decision-making for lung cancer screening even working?

Last week CMS dug in with its decision to put off finalizing an alternative value-based payment model for radiation oncology services to “a date to be determined through future rulemaking.”

Elderly patients are often not eligible for oral anticoagulant therapy due to the risk of bleeding events or other adverse outcomes. A very low dose of edoxaban, however, appears to be a safe treatment option, even for especially frail patients.

One radiologist is being held liable for a patient’s injuries due to a “breach of standard of care” despite another radiologist also missing the same significant finding, Canadian Lawyer reports. 

A care team with the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute has shared details about its recent successes in TMVR and TAVR. Cardiologist Michael Rinaldi, MD, highlighted the importance of having "a coordinated team of specialists with expertise in treating valve diseases."

Developments that broke softly but may soon make waves in radiology.

For this reason, these patients may need pointed guidance upon ED discharge lest cancers go undetected in early stages.