Commentary|Podcasts|September 8, 2026

The Reading Room Podcast: Assessing the Current Landscape of AI and Reimbursement in Radiology, Part 1

Author(s)Jeff Hall

In the first of a two-part podcast episode, Lauren Nicola, MD, Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, MBA, and Peter Shen discuss current challenges with reimbursement for AI in radiology.

Hundreds of AI algorithms have received FDA clearance for radiology, but only a small number carry CPT Category I codes. In a recent Diagnostic Imaging podcast, Lauren Nicola, MD, pointed out that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is wary about the potential for duplication of existing codes for detection of findings on imaging.

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