Industry Wire 214

September 27, 2024 Jake Fishman 0 min read
  1. LAPD officer’s gun sucked into MRI machine during raid.
  2. Dems introduce legislation to permanently lower ACA plan costs. 
  3. Cardinal Health acquires Integrated Oncology Network for $1B.
  4. CDC: 40.3% of U.S adults are obese, 46.5% of adults aged 40-59.
  5. VA’s new Oracle EHR saw 826 ‘major’ incidents since its launch.
  6. U.S. House committee passes rare pediatric disease drug bill.
  7. 29% of Americans have undiagnosed iron deficiency.
  8. Senate holds Steward Health CEO in criminal contempt.
  9. PA-based system fires workers for sharing inappropriate patient images.
  10. Providers say reimbursement denials are getting worse.
Get twice-weekly insights on the biggest stories shaping cardiology.

You might also like

Cardiac Imaging July 16, 2026

Zero CAC And The Cost of CCTA-QPA July 16, 2026

The power of a zero CAC score is facing fresh scrutiny after new plaque analysis data presented at SCCT 2026 shows just how much noncalcified plaque confers its own cardiovascular risk, despite the software’s financial barriers.

Pharmaceuticals July 12, 2026

CARDIO-TTRansform and The Future of ATTR-CM Drugs July 12, 2026

The ATTR-CM drug race almost got another contender, but AstraZeneca and Ionis' Wainua unexpected Phase 3 trial failure might have actually simplified the field.

polypill

Heart Failure July 9, 2026

POLY-HF and the Possibility of HF Polypills July 9, 2026

Guideline-directed heart failure therapy works, but the biggest hurdle is getting patients to actually take it and fresh results in Nature from the POLY-HF trial suggest a polypill approach could be the answer.