Healthcare Associations

This page includes news coverage of primary healthcare business and policy setting associations. Find news specific to each organization by following these links: American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA), College of American Pathologists (CAP), Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Find focused news coverage for Cardiology societies or Radiology associations.

Aggressively treating blood pressure, cholesterol levels fails to improve cognitive function
Targeting key cardiovascular risk factors for two full years was not linked to a reduced risk of cognitive decline or dementia.
MGMA outlines path and pitfalls in CMS 2030 value-based care push
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has tested nearly 40 APMs, of which only two turned out to be successful, which does not bode well for meeting a 2030 deadline to transition to value-based payments.
MGMA outlines healthcare policy progress in Congress for 2026
The Medical Group Management Association explains some positive federal healthcare policy movement since the start of 2026, including extending telehealth and rural health payments, and possible solutions to the prior authorization burden in Medicare Advantage.
CCTA delivers value, even when treating low-risk patients with no history of CAD
Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can help find patients who may be closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.
Heart failure patients on quadruple medical therapy still face considerable risks
Most patients hospitalized for HFrEF are still not being prescribed quadruple medical therapy at discharge. Even those who are, researchers noted, still face a high risk of dying or returning to the hospital for heart failure-related symptoms.

Aggressively treating blood pressure, cholesterol levels fails to improve cognitive function

Targeting key cardiovascular risk factors for two full years was not linked to a reduced risk of cognitive decline or dementia.

Video interview with Anders Gilberg, MGA, senior vice president, government affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), explains various value-based payment models the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is experimenting with, but notes out or more than 30 models, only two have actually saved Medicare money.

MGMA outlines path and pitfalls in CMS 2030 value-based care push

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has tested nearly 40 APMs, of which only two turned out to be successful, which does not bode well for meeting a 2030 deadline to transition to value-based payments.

Anders Gilberg, senior vice president, government affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), explains numerous changes in federal healthcare policy since the start of 2026, including extending telehealth, rural health payments, possible solutions to prior authorization burden in Medicare Advantage.

MGMA outlines healthcare policy progress in Congress for 2026

The Medical Group Management Association explains some positive federal healthcare policy movement since the start of 2026, including extending telehealth and rural health payments, and possible solutions to the prior authorization burden in Medicare Advantage.

CCTA delivers value, even when treating low-risk patients with no history of CAD

Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can help find patients who may be closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.

Heart failure patients on quadruple medical therapy still face considerable risks

Most patients hospitalized for HFrEF are still not being prescribed quadruple medical therapy at discharge. Even those who are, researchers noted, still face a high risk of dying or returning to the hospital for heart failure-related symptoms.

Low-volume operators linked to worse outcomes after TAVR, M-TEER

Researchers tracked data from more than 400,00 patients, sharing their findings in JAMA Cardiology.

Eric Rubin, MD, vice president of clinical operations at Virtua Health, and the American College of Radiology's CPT advisor to the American Medical Association (AMA), explains the process for creating a Category I CPT code for payments and the difference with Category III temporary tracking codes.

Radiology dominates FDA-cleared AI, but reimbursement lags far behind

As of January 2026, there will only be two CPT category 1 payment codes for newer AI, despite there being hundreds of FDA-cleared medical imaging algorithms.

Court dismisses nurse practitioners’ lawsuit challenging definition of ‘doctor’

The court's ruling is backed by the American Medical Association, which submitted an amicus brief arguing that "scope creep" threatens patient safety.