Atlanta-based Piedmont Health System's ability to generate reports was decreased by about 80% as of Friday, according to local media. 

Medicare rescinded the provision in the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, but the law remains on the books. 

HHS will focus on violations that harm patients, impact care delivery, occur over an extended period or cause financial losses to federal programs. 

In other announcements, Blue Earth Diagnostics names a new CEO, Volpara's chief adds a title following a merger with Lunit, and Upper Allegheny Health appoints an IR leader.

Ascension Health in Texas uses AI that can read CT scans for stroke and pulmonary embolism to activate care teams before the images even get into the PACS.

Although CT lung cancer screening is known to improve detection rates and health outcomes, compliance among eligible patients remains lackluster.

"The potential for disseminating inaccurate information and the occurrence of 'hallucinations'—responses that are generated without grounding in factual data—are significant concerns,” authors of a new analysis warn.

OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer emphasized that patients impacted by the incident “must be notified that their protected health information was breached.”