Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

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No longer the ‘forgotten valve’: Tricuspid valve surgery outcomes keep improving

Patient outcomes after tricuspid valve replacement have improved significantly over the years, according to new data published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Video of Erik Rockswold explaining the administrative burdens of the MIPS program.

Radiology groups face hardships under the Medicare MIPS program

Erik Rockswold, director research and quality, Rayus Radiology, explains the administrative burdens radiology groups experience for little return from the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.  

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Implantable IVC sensor shows early potential to guide heart failure management

The goal is to measure changes in a patient’s IVC area and collapsibility, which can help anticipate when heart failure events might occur. This first-in-human study included data from the first 50 patients to receive the device. 

Video of Deepak Bhatt explaining the benefits of bentracimab in the late-breaking Phase 3 REVERSE-IT trial.

New drug reverses antiplatelet effects of ticagrelor, helping surgeons avoid a 'bloody mess'

Deepak Bhatt, MD, believes bentracimab could be a game-changer if it gains approval. "I think it's the sort of drug that every emergency room and ICU would have to stock," he said. "A cardiac care unit would have to stock a couple of doses, as would every cath lab."

Wes Folds, nuclear/PET clinical specialist, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), discusses radiotherapy theranostics program accreditation at the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2025 meeting. #RBMA #SNMMI

How to score accreditation for a radiotherapy theranostics program

Wes Folds, a PET specialist with the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, discusses a new nuclear offering from IAC. 

A majority of medical devices involved in Class I recalls were never required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undergo premarket or postmarket clinical testing, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

Why surgery, not TAVR, remains the best treatment for some AS patients

TAVR is being used in more patients to treat severe aortic stenosis. However, according to a new commentary piece, SAVR is still the smartest treatment option for certain populations, including younger patients with bicuspid aortic valves.

SCAI President James B. Hermiller, Jr., MD, director of the transcatheter structural heart program at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, outlined the organization’s key policy priorities for the year. Among them: physician payment reform, peer review overhaul, medical education debt relief, the elimination of non-compete clauses, and physician mental health protections.

Reimbursements, non-compete clauses and more: SCAI focused on key policies in interventional cardiology

SCAI President James B. Hermiller, Jr., MD, detailed the group's key policy concerns in 2025 and beyond in a new video interview. 

Kit Crancer, Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) Board member, senior vice president of radiology and public policy at Rayus, offers an update on where Medicare reform is at in Congress and how medical societies may be able to get more traction in state legislatures. #RBMA

States may be a better bet for radiology advocacy than Washington

RBMA board member Kit Crancer offers an update on Medicare reform and advocacy in Congress and how medical societies may be able to get more traction in state legislatures.
 

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