This week on Taking The Pulse, Heather and Seth record at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting with Bobby Patrick, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at AdvaMed. Bobby shares how the world’s largest medical technology association is advocating for expanded Medicare coverage of breakthrough devices, navigating the evolving role of AI in diagnostics, and addressing supply chain and tariff challenges. We also explore how AI is enhancing physician decision-making and how patient trust and data security remain central to innovation.
When examiners don’t get veterans’ records, bad decisions aren’t a mistake—they’re a systemic failure. In a blistering oversight hearing this week, members of Congress openly questioned whether th...