The agency on March 5 issued separate alerts detailing quality challenges at imaging providers in Michigan, California and Texas. 

The American Medical Association issued a response, noting the “significant financial disruption for physician practices” during the weeks-long shutdown. 

President Biden signed the spending bill into law March 9, averting a government shutdown, following its passage in the Senate. 

The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would recapture 15,000 unused immigrant visas, previously authorized by Congress, for overseas medical doctors.

The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and Health and Human Services want to learn more about corporations’ “increasing control” of the field. 

The country's largest imaging group spent more than it was collecting in both 2022 and 2023, but the ratings agency believes it may be turning a corner. 

The department is urging managed care plans to relax prior authorization requirements during the outage and instructing MACs to accept paper claims. 

Attorneys accuse Digirad of failing to pay minimum wages or overtime and shirking laws requiring regular meal and rest periods.