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Anders Gilberg, MGA, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), said the rapid fire changes in healthcare policy under the Trump administration has been a whirlwind with a mix of reactions by stakeholders to policies based on reality and and also perception of possible impacts. #MGMA

MGMA weighs in on Washington’s political turmoil, Medicaid cuts and healthcare policy uncertainty

“It’s been a whirlwind,” Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at MGMA, told HealthExec. “Rarely do we have an administration come in and do so much in such a short period of time.”

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) President-elect Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, FASNC, medical director of nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and the stress laboratory at UVA Health in Charlottesville, and a professor of medicine and radiology at the University of Virginia, explains key trends and his plans to advance nuclear cardiology in 2026. #ASNC

Incoming ASNC president making AI's integration into nuclear cardiology a top priority

Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, previewed his plans for the future in a new interview with Cardiovascular Business. 

Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, chief executive officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR), explains changes to the ACR annual meeting designed to better engage members and to make radiology's voice heard more clearly on Capital Hill.

ACR tries different approaches to engage members and Congress at annual meeting

Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, explains changes to the ACR annual meeting designed to better engage members and to make radiology's voice heard more clearly on Capitol Hill.

Kimberly Campbell, RN, ANP-BC, nurse practitioner, Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants, explains how her health system took a heart team approach in its wound care transition program for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients that lowered their amputation rate my more than 50%.

St. Luke’s cuts PAD amputation rate in half with heart team-led wound transition program

Kimberly Campbell, RN, nurse practitioner, Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants, explains how her health system took a heart team approach toward peripheral artery disease. 

 

Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, chief executive officer of the American College of Radiology, explains how the consolidation of radiology practices into larger corporate entities now makes up more than 50% of how radiologists are employed. This led to changes in how ACR accredits sites.

ACR changing its accreditation process in response to corporate consolidation

CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, explains how the consolidation of radiology practices has shifted how the college thinks about its processes. 

Joan Michaels, RN, director of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) and IMPACT congenital heart registries, said the addition of the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) registry comes at a time when hospitals are expanding structural heart programs and ASC's will likely play a growing role to help free up more hospital cath labs for the more complex cases.

New registry helps hospitals expand outpatient services for heart patients

The initiation of the ACC Ambulatory Surgical Center Registry comes at a time when hospitals are expanding their structural heart programs. The registry is providing valuable details about which patients should stay at the hospital and which can be treated in an outpatient setting.

MGMA's Anders Gilberg says Congress needs to act soon to preserve access to telemedicine programs.

MGMA: Congress needs to act soon to preserve access to telemedicine programs

Congress needs to act soon to extend telemedicine services that were greatly expanded under COVID provisions, or they will expire by October. Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, explains concerns raised by doctors and lawmakers.

 

Video interview with Anders Gilberg, MGA, senior vice president, government affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), explains the issues involved with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to end in late 2025 and what the impact will be on hospitals.

MGMA: Ending ACA subsidies could strain health system, leave millions uninsured

Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, explains the political and patient care issues involved with ending Affordable Care Act subsidies.