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Interventional cardiologist Roxana Mehran elected ACC president
Physicians who feel they ‘fit in’ experience less burnout—and entertain fewer thoughts of quitting or cutting back
EFF sues CMS over deployment of Medicare prior authorization AI
FDA clears new AI model for pulmonary hypertension
DOJ accuses New York health system of engaging in anticompetitive business practices
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Over 130 hospitals sue HHS over changes to the DSH payment calculation that could cost facilities billions

In total, 131 hospitals are acting as plaintiffs. They’re asking a court to throw out 2023 changes to the Disproportionate Share Hospital calculation that altered the way Medicare Advantage and Social Security income were factored into the risk-adjusted payments hospitals receive for caring for vulnerable patient populations.

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Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as AI investments fail to pay off

The cloud infrastructure company said in a recent investor meeting that its heavy spending on AI has been complicated by the global GPU and CPU shortage. Some 10,000 workers have reportedly been laid off, but the true number is unknown.

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Private equity-backed cardiology practice adding new in-house smart lab powered by AI

Clinlab.AI will oversee every aspect of this new-look laboratory, working to integrate it with the practice's workflows in a way that boosts patient care and speeds up treatment decisions.

AI’s ‘radical potential’ to personalize medicine using population data

Clinicians equipped with machine learning can, in theory, apply what works for one patient to the care of another—and another, and another—and so on.

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Hospitals face steep revenue declines amid patient volume losses

Hospitals and healthcare providers are facing higher costs to care for complex COVID-19 patients while also suffering the loss of other procedures like elective surgeries that could help offset these higher costs.

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Civica Rx partners with US government to produce generics for COVID-19 response

Civica Rx has teamed up with the U.S. government to aid in the COVID-19 response.

President Trump taking unproven drug to prevent COVID-19 infection

President Trump recently stated he was taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that has been unproven to prevent or treat infection of COVID-19. Trump has touted the drug over the past several weeks for benefitting COVID-19 patients, but studies have shown little to no impact.

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COVID lessons emerge from AI tracking of Reddit talk trends

U.S. healthcare leadership missed opportunities for optimally promoting public health fairly early on in the present pandemic.

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FDA clears AI software for early osteoporosis intervention

Notching its fifth go-ahead from the FDA, an Israel-based AI startup has received the agency’s 510(k) clearance to market software that automatically identifies signs of compression fractures in the spine.

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Recent billing code changes wreaking havoc for radiation oncologists, new survey finds

“This is a financial emergency for our practice,” one physician says, according to a new survey from the American Society for Radiation Oncology.