Both patients and physicians were impacted by the incident, with outside forces gaining access to everything from names and social security numbers to banking information.
Artificial intelligence sign in the AI section of the United Imaging booth at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2023 meeting. The Chinese company wants to break into the U.S. market and has received numerous FDA clearances over the past few months for AI to enhance its imaging systems. Photo by Dave Fornell.
As of July 2024, the FDA reports it has cleared 950 AI algorithms to aid in direct clinical decision making.
There is no application process, eligible physicians are automatically approved. In order to earn “gold card status” a practice must have a prior authorization approval rate of 92% or higher for at least the last two years.
Paradise Ultrasound image courtesy of Recor Medical.
Physicians using the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system from Recor Medical or Symplicity Spyral Renal Denervation system from Medtronic will soon be eligible for a much more significant reimbursement when treating Medicare patients in an inpatient setting.
