Kathy Boyd David

HOPPS 2027 Proposed Rule: CMS Proposing Reorganization of Nuclear Medicine APCs

On Thursday, July 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rule, which includes consequential proposals for nuclear cardiology…

House Subcommittee Advances Prior Authorization Legislation

The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health has advanced the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3514), a major legislative milestone for reform of Medicare…

Lawmakers Seek to Halt Medicare’s AI-Assisted Prior Authorization Model

The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has approved legislation that, if passed, would bar Health and Human Services federal funding from being used to implement any model that implements prior…

Diagnosis Confirmed! What to Do Next for Your ATTR-CM Patients

Last week, ASNC welcomed clinicians from around the world to Confirming the Diagnosis of ATTR-CM, the first webinar in this year’s Cardiac Amyloidosis for Community Cardiologists series. Expert faculty delivered…

ASNC Delegates Help American Medical Association Shape AI and Prior Auth Policies

At last week’s American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting, policies addressing artificial intelligence (AI) dominated the agenda. Representing nuclear cardiology, ASNC Delegates Ahmet Afsin Oktay, MD, and Suman…

Amyloid Experts Predict the Most Transformative Advances Coming Soon in Cardiac Amyloidosis

For the latest episode of the JNC CardioConnect podcast, Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, MASNC, brought together 4 experts for a conversation about where the field of cardiac amyloidosis stands…

House of Representatives Committee Passes Bill to Stabilize Physician Reimbursement

On May 21, the House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 8163, the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act. This legislation would increase the budget-neutrality threshold from $20 million to $54.3 million…

ASNC, EANM Announce Winners of First Avijit Lahiri Young Investigator Awards Competition

ICNC2026 hosted the first Avijit Lahiri Young Investigator Awards Competition, where 6 early-career investigators presented their research and took questions from the judges. The event honors the late Avijit Lahiri,…

PET Lauded as Powerful Diagnostic Tool During Congressional Hearing

“[Cardiac PET] gives us very good data, probably the most accurate, about whether a patient has an obstructive blockage or not … [PET] is also the only noninvasive test available…

ACR Wants Congress to Require AUC Consultation: A Prescriptive AUC Mandate Is Not the Answer!

On May 20, the American College of Radiology (ACR) CEO will testify at a hearing of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. The ACR is expected…