Successful organ xenotransplant | CFO pain points | Unhappy UK doctors

“Applause broke out in the OR. It was quite an amazing experience,” recalls Winfred Williams, MD, associate professor of medicine at MGH and Slayman’s nephrologist, referring to the moment the kidney “immediately pinked up” during implantation. 

Healthcare CFOs spend more time dealing with cost management and, by extension, operational issues than any other single set of items on their to-do lists.

Going by compensation rates and trajectories, these might be the worst of times to be a physician in the United Kingdom.

The FDA has issued a Class I recall for Vyaire Medical respiratory support devices, saying use of older, defective devices could result in injury or death.

Imperfect algorithms. Resistant clinicians. Wary patients. Divisive disparities. The plot ingredients of a flashy techno-thriller coming to a cineplex near you? No—just a few of the many worries that provider organizations take on when they move to adopt AI at scale. 

“ALPHV/BlackCat and their affiliates haven’t attacked Change Healthcare. This time, they’ve attacked our families.”

Nearly 81% of authors failed to report any ties to the industry, experts detailed Saturday in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

The news represents a meaningful policy shift for CMS. In the past, Medicare prescription drug plans have not covered medications designed to help patients lose weight.