The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Philips 510(k) clearance for its AI-powered MRI platform tailored to the treatment of head and neck cancers. 

Suggesting that the standard 10-year age gap screening rule might not be as beneficial as previously assumed, researchers have indicated that women with relatives diagnosed at younger ages should consider different screening criteria.

In some instances, maximum negotiated prices are 3.8 times higher than the minimum negotiated prices at the same hospital for the same procedure. 

The proposed regulations would require all healthcare providers to offer patients a summary of their breast density that details their breast cancer risks and covers additional screening options that may be available.

The solutions, Plaque Analysis and RoadMap Analysis, both use coronary CT angiography to provide clinicians with a noninvasive look at patients who present with coronary artery disease and face a heightened myocardial infarction risk.

Older patients, racial/ethnic minorities, women and those on public insurance only (versus private) were observed to have lower OOP expenses. 

“Current reimbursement contributes to inequity because locating new technology in facilities that serve patients with public insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, is not economically sustainable," authors of a new paper in Radiology suggested.

Nearly 30% of corresponding authors included in the analysis shared that they had witnessed scientific fraud in their department within the last five years.