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Full House at ASNC’s Congressional Briefing on Prior Authorization

Excellent Discussion on How to Reform Prior Auth Practices On June 3, ASNC welcomed a packed room of congressional staffers, as well as local stakeholders, to a Capitol Hill briefing…

ASNC Leaders Field 40+ Meetings with Congressional Offices

Fourteen ASNC members traveled to Washington, DC, where they participated in more than 40 meetings with Members of Congress and their staff. In preparation, the physicians attended in-depth training sessions…

ASNC Convening Congressional Briefing as Prior Authorization Reforms Gain Traction

ASNC is asking members to contact their congressional representatives this week about two important pieces of legislation with potential to enact prior authorization reforms. Your communications with Congress will amplify…

What Is the Next Frontier in Cardiac Amyloidosis Radionuclide Imaging?

The Editor’s Choice study in the May 2025 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC) examines whether a left ventricular myocardium-to-blood ratio (LV MBR) obtained through 99mTc-HMDP SPECT/CT is…

House Passes Budget Reconciliation Bill with Modest Physician Pay Fix, Steep Medicaid Cuts

On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a single vote an expansive budget reconciliation bill. If signed into law, the legislation will have implications for physician…

Senate Bill Pushes to Restart AUC Program Requirements

Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have introduced the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act (S.1692), which would revive the Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program for…

ASNC, ACC Ask U.S. Government to Defer Tariffs on Radiopharmaceuticals

Last week, ASNC and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) submitted joint comments urging deferral of tariffs on radiopharmaceuticals until domestic sources are established. The organizations’ comments were in response to…

New Research Suggests Myocardial Flow Reserve Could Transform Risk Stratification

Is a New Risk Scoring Tool on the Horizon? In the new episode of JNC CardioConnect, Cedars Sinai researchers Daniel S. Berman, MD, MASNC, and Donghee Han, MD, join Journal…

ASNC Gets a Shout-Out on ‘How I Doctor’ Podcast!

The May 1 episode of the How I Doctor podcast features Sanjay Divakaran, MD, MPH, FASNC, discussing “what doctors never learn in training.” During a segment on career development and…

ASNC Accepting Applications for ‘Future Leaders: The Next Generation of Nuclear Cardiology’

ASNC is now accepting applications for this year’s Future Leaders: The Next Generation of Nuclear Cardiology program. Future Leaders introduces medical students, residents, trainees, fellows-in-training, and junior faculty to nuclear…