Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377). 

Join three imaging experts on Aug. 26 to learn more about imaging storage-as-a-service in which you pay once to save and manage a study forever, with costs as low as 2.5 cents per exam.

“Clinicians should carefully weigh the additional resource utilization against the potential benefit," Yale University emergency medicine experts write in JACR. 

Jonathan R. Medverd, MD, emphasized the valuable role such professionals play on physician-led teams, but emphasized they do not have the skills to interpret medical images. 

If three sticking points aren’t unstuck soon, older Americans won’t benefit much by the 1,000+ medical devices that, as of 2025, are both equipped with AI and cleared by the FDA. 

The insurance giant is charging the new board committee with monitoring company policies related to prior authorizations, claims adjudication and AI. The group is scheduled to meet four times a year.

When used during surgery, it can help providers identify cancerous lesions that are not in their immediate vision. 

New research refutes the notion that parts of the brain controlling specific extremities remap themselves following amputation, which would prevent patients from feeling pain associated with the removed appendage. 

Australia-based Artrya Limited says its AI-enabled Salix Coronary Plaque module offers near real-time, point-of-care CCTA assessment and management of coronary artery disease. 

In patients with treatment-resistant hypertension, the procedure has the potential to produce sustained blood pressure reductions for 36 months or longer. 

Removals are routinely completed in outpatient offices, but occasionally when complications make them more challenging, providers turn to additional tools for assistance.