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AMA leader outlines major threats facing U.S. healthcare: Payment cuts, AI denials, immigration bottlenecks and corporate takeovers
American Medical Association Board Trustee Scott Ferguson, MD, FACR, a diagnostic radiologist, explains the urgent need for Medicare payment reform, concerns about Trump administration public health policy, insurance prior authorization, medical student immigration and the rapid growth of private equity ownership of physicians.
ACR pushes for better explainability of how AI algorithms work
Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, says the organization wants to see transparent explainability of algorithms to increase public trust.
How anti-DEI healthcare policies are impacting patient care
All over the United States, countless research projects designed to improve outcomes have lost funding or been shut down. Even screening efforts targeting patients in impoverished communities have been impacted by these policies.
AMA deeply concerned about Trump policies and cuts to healthcare spending
American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, MD, has expressed major concerns about significant healthcare spending cuts proposed by the Trump administration. These include reductions to Medicaid, deep cuts to NIH funding, staffing reductions, and policy changes at key federal agencies.
Radiologists call on AMA to push for new federal IT interoperability standards
Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the ACR, explains a resolution adopted at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting calling for new health IT standards.

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, Director of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and the Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explains what he sees as the top recent trials impacting acute coronary syndrome care (ACS).

Tracking major trends and clinical research in acute coronary syndrome care

Deepak Bhatt, MD, detailed several recent clinical trials that could reshape the way clinicians manage acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients.

Gudrun Feuchtner, MD, MBA, HCM, assistant professor, cardiovascular imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Department Radiology, explains how artificial intelligence-based quantitative computed tomography (AI QCT) coronary plaque features are better able to predict risk in women, according the the results of the late-breaking CONFIRM2 study at ACC 2025.

AI-based coronary plaque evaluations highlight elevated heart risks in women

“This is the perfect technique to identify high-risk patients who would benefit from intensive therapies,” imaging specialist Gudrun Feuchtner, MD, told Cardiovascular Business.

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.

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.

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.

Raj Makkar, MD, director, interventional cardiology, director, Interventional Cardiology Research Program and professor of medicine, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, presented the late-breaking Align-AR clinical trial at ACC 2025 on the first 500 patients treated for aortic regurgitation using the Jena Valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device.

First 500 patients in Align-AR trial using TAVR for pure aortic regurgitation show strong outcomes

Raj Makkar, MD, Cedars-Sinai, explains the late-breaking data from the Align-AR trial on the first 500 patients treated for aortic regurgitation using the Jena Valve TAVR device.

Videos

AMA leader outlines major threats facing U.S. healthcare: Payment cuts, AI denials, immigration bottlenecks and corporate takeovers

ACR pushes for better explainability of how AI algorithms work

How anti-DEI healthcare policies are impacting patient care

AMA deeply concerned about Trump policies and cuts to healthcare spending

Radiologists call on AMA to push for new federal IT interoperability standards