Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

Coalition of 86 healthcare groups calls for change to Affordable Care Act rule
In a letter to Congress, the groups are urging lawmakers to support HR 9001 and lift the ban on physician-run hospitals.
Association of 300 telehealth groups urges Congress to extend COVID-era rules
The American Telemedicine Association, an industry lobby representing companies and providers, fears a crackdown from the DEA would harm patients who rely on virtual care to get vital treatments.
Time running out to comment on higher cardiac CT payments
Imaging experts have said the move could reshape the financial landscape for hospitals offering Cardiac CT services.
How to address the shortage of interventional radiologists
Elizabeth Ann Ignacio, MD, FSIR, FACR, chair of SIR Small and Rural Practices Committee, and an ACR board member, outlines ways to make these positions outside of major cities more attractive.
SCAI calls on interventional cardiologists to tell Washington to reverse physician pay cuts
Congress is considering two bills that would prevent or mitigate the Medicare physician payment cuts that went into effect in January 2024, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions is urging members write their Congressmen.

HIMSS18: 5 best practices of virtual care

In a March 6 presentation at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas, Blake McKinney, CMO and co-founder of the virtual health platform CirrusMD, presented key learnings from how health systems and payers are meeting the needs of consumers though virtual care.

March 13, 2018

HIMSS18: 6 key data points from US leadership, workforce survey

As the healthcare professionals touch down in Las Vegas for the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the organization released its annual survey of the marketplace. HIMSS published the 2018 U.S. HIMSS Leadership and Workforce Survey on March 6, which examines trends in employment, technology and expectations.

March 6, 2018

HIMSS18: 3 trends to improve interoperability

Thousands of professionals are touching down in Las Vegas for the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. To help prep visitors, Brian Mack, manager of marketing and communications for Great Lakes Health Connect, discusses three trends in interoperability on the HIMSS website.

March 6, 2018

Timicoin To Report at HIMSS Conference March 5-9 How Its Blockchain Technology Is Like a Brigade of Green Beret Protecting Medical Records From Ransomware Attacks

The Co-Founder and Managing Director of Timicoin (www.Timicoin.io), to report how his blockchain technology can be ransomware's worst enemy if it ever attempts to attack medical records.

March 1, 2018

MGMA: Medical groups opposed to mandatory APMs

A large majority of medical group professionals responding to a poll from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) was opposed to mandatory participation in alternative payment models in Medicare, a policy CMS has been moving away from under President Donald Trump.

March 1, 2018

Geisinger names Kevin Roberts new CFO

Danville, Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health System has selected Kevin Roberts, MBA, currently the chief financial officer at St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, to take over as its new CFO later this year.

February 28, 2018

The hot topics of HIMSS18: AI, Amazon and analytics

Tens of thousands of healthcare professionals will be heading to the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas in a few days. Last year’s conference was dominated by talk about the promise of artificial intelligence and what Congress was going to do with the Affordable Care Act—so what will health IT leaders be talking about this time around?

February 27, 2018

Groups shrug off HHS scrapping Obama-era goal on value-based care

In 2015, then-HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced an ambitious goal for half of all Medicare payments to be tied to value-based care models by the end of 2018—but that’s not a priority for the agency under President Donald Trump, a CMS spokesperson told the Washington Post.

February 23, 2018

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Cardiovascular Business

Merit Medical to purchase Cook Medical’s lead management portfolio for $210M

Two medical device companies have announced a transaction that could shake up the U.S. electrophysiology market.

Cardiovascular Business

Abiomed, Biosense Webster, Cerenovus now all known as Johnson & Johnson MedTech

These companies were already part of the Johnson & Johnson family, but they had still retained their previous brand names. Now, each one is officially going by Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

Cardiovascular Business

Safety update: Sensor issue with Abbott CGMs ruled a Class I recall

The sensors of certain FreeStyle Libre 3 devices are producing inaccurate glucose readings and should not be used. Two patient injuries have been reported. Abbott first reported the problem in July.

Professional Associations

Coalition of 86 healthcare groups calls for change to Affordable Care Act rule

Association of 300 telehealth groups urges Congress to extend COVID-era rules

Time running out to comment on higher cardiac CT payments

How to address the shortage of interventional radiologists

SCAI calls on interventional cardiologists to tell Washington to reverse physician pay cuts

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