The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 2 recall for popular picture archiving and communication system software used by practices globally.
Laza Medical, a California-based medtech company, is developing advanced technologies for the cath lab. GE HealthCare also participated in a previous financing round in 2023.
“Conversion factor cuts of 1.83% for qualifying APM participants and 2.31% for all other clinicians further degrade an already fragile payment system," one lobbying group said Nov. 4.
First proposed in July, CMS on Jan. 1 will begin reimbursing for certain noncontrast, hospital-based outpatient imaging using the lower physician fee schedule rate.
At three imaging centers that use AbbaDox, AI-handled orders were booked days sooner than staff-handled ones. Results reach referring physicians faster, staff get time back to spend on key tasks, and other users show a clear revenue upside.
