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Kit Crancer, chair of the Radiology Business Management Association Radiology (RBMA) Patient Action Network, and senior vice president of public policy for Rayus, explains RBMA's concerns over how the Trump administration's $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid will economically impact rural hospitals.

"It is almost a tidal wave of change from the federal level that is going to begin impacting state legislatures across the country. I think folks should probably be aware of that,” said RBMA's Kit Crancer. 

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The request to the court comes a month after the agency settled with Express Scripts, under the condition the company change its wholesale buying practices, pass on manufacturer rebates and support TrumpRx.gov. Now it's up to CVS Caremark and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx to make deals of their own. 

Clestina Lamai, the surgical technician, claimed in a lawsuit that Iowa Methodist Medical Center removed her from surgery at the request of a racist patient. The case was settled as a jury was set to deliver its verdict, local media reports. 

The U.S. Department of Justice said ExThera cooperated with the investigation into a failure to file adverse event notices with the Food and Drug Administration after two cancer patients who used its blood filtration systems in Antigua died shortly after returning home. The California-based company’s former chief regulatory officer has agreed to plead guilty and could serve prison time. 

Ligence Heart is a recently FDA cleared AI that fully automates analyses, measurements and reporting for transthoracic echo.

Cardiology is No. 2 behind radiology when it comes to FDA-cleared AI algorithms. Neurology, meanwhile, is a distant No. 3. 

Philips has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for SmartHeart, the company’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered planning technology for cardiac MR (CMR) exams.

The new SmartHeart technology automates 14 cardiac views in less than 30 seconds. It was designed to increase productivity and bring more consistency to cardiology and radiology departments.

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