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Aidoc Wins First AI Radiology NTAP
CMS approved a $137.53-per-case Medicare add-on payment for the first radiology foundation model. Here is what it means, why the clock is already…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
CMS Cuts Medicaid Funding for Youth Gender Care
The federal government just pulled matching funds for gender-transition procedures in minors. Here is what the rule actually does, what it does not do…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Cancer Doesn't Check Papers: The Screening Gap Widening Along Citizenship Lines
A new JAMA study of 131,501 Americans finds noncitizens are 65% less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer — and 97% of the breast cancer gap is…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Site-Neutral Imaging Payment Threat 2027
CMS just proposed a 60% cut to hospital outpatient imaging rates for noncontrast CT, MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound - and the radiology departments that…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
CHCs: 1 in 7 Americans, Record High
Fifty-two million patients. Seventeen thousand communities. A negative operating margin. And a $300 million funding ask landing in the middle of a $911…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
FY 2027 IPPS Final Rule Breakdown
CMS finalized a 2.3% hospital payment increase, closed the breakthrough device NTAP fast lane, and made joint replacement bundled payments mandatory for…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Basque CRC Screening Halves Deaths
A 21-year study of 2.2 million people proves a $24 stool test mailed every two years can cut colorectal cancer deaths in half - and the US is leaving…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Last Week in Health Funding: 10 Deals
$820 million landed across 10 healthcare deals last week - and the split between a $315M cancer therapy bet and 7 Series A infrastructure rounds tells…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
Medical Imaging Workforce Crisis 2026
CT vacancy rates hit an all-time high of 19.4% while qualified applicants are being turned away by the thousands - this is not a recruiting problem, it…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
FQHC Funding Cliff Dec 2026
The Community Health Center Fund that supplies 70% of Section 330 grant dollars to 1,400 health centers expires December 31 - and with CHC net margins…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
DeepHealth Breast Ultrasound FDA Clearance
A RadNet subsidiary cleared the FDA with AI handling detection, characterization, and report generation in a single breast ultrasound workflow. 98…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
FDA Approves 2nd Blood CRC Test
Freenome's SimpleScreen CRC cleared FDA on July 27 with 81.1% cancer sensitivity and 90.4% specificity - but the approval only solves half the problem…
 • Jonathan Govette, CEO/Oatmeal
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