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AI lawsuit court legal

According to Heartflow, Cleerly's actions represent “one of the most egregious examples of piracy in the medical technology industry.” Cleerly commented on the lawsuit, defending the value and integrity of its products. 

belt tightening

If the budget makes it through Congress intact as submitted—a big if even with the president’s party in the majority in both chambers—healthcare is in for some strict belt-tightening. 

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

An exclusive interview with Scott Steiner, CEO of Phoebe Putney—a nonprofit health system that serves Southwest Georgia. 

2024 has been a banner year for structural heart treatments, especially those focused on the tricuspid valve. In February, for example, Edwards Lifesciences made history when its Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) system became the first device of its kind to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treating tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Two months later, Abbott’s TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system also gained FDA approval for the treatment of TR.

Job growth in cardiology is expected to outpace other healthcare specialties in the years ahead. The demand for new cardiologists is so high, however, that the current shortage is not expected to end anytime soon.

Darryl Drevna, senior director of regulatory affairs, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), explains why the group objects to a near-complete freeze in an annual payment adjustment for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, arguing it fails to keep pace with the real-world costs of delivering care to Medicare patients.

The American Medical Group Association explains why it has issues with the payment adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans, arguing it fails to keep pace with the real-world costs.

AVS Pulse IVL

Stryker, one of the world’s largest medtech companies, has agreed to acquire a rising name in the field of intravascular lithotripsy. 

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Stacy Sanso—director of patient access for ARA Diagnostic Imaging, the Austin, Texas, affiliate of Radiology Partners—takes over as president of the association.