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FDA keeps radiology AI under 510(k) review; telehealth coalition seeks federal licensure path; UW Health sorts 100 new AI features by risk; Angle Health raises $600 million

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday published a final order denying Harrison.ai's petition to exempt experienced manufacturers' new radiology AI from 510(k) review, keeping all four device categories under premarket notification. The agency denied the request in April; the Sept. 17 order in the Federal Register made the denial formal, took effect the same day and applies to every company in the four categories, not only the one that asked. The order followed the FDA's August discussion paper on generative AI, which proposed testing models the way clinicians are tested, and it leaves the premarket gate for radiology AI in place while the agency develops its approach to generative models.

A coalition led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and ATA Action, the American Telemedicine Association's advocacy arm, is seeking federal legislation to create a narrow pathway around state medical licensure, on which every multistate remote care model depends. A Harris Poll of 1,514 direct-care workers found fewer than half comfortable using AI and 39% reporting no effect on their work, a year after the same survey found 89% calling AI skills critical. At a Becker's conference, Yale New Haven Health said it will not launch an AI pilot unless an executive sponsor commits to paying for it if it succeeds, and Rush's chief information officer said vendor pricing has moved to token consumption with no common way to model the cost. An AI-native insurer for small businesses raised $600 million. A fourth California health-AI bill is awaiting the governor's action, and the governor on Friday issued an executive order about kill switches for frontier models that does not mention hospitals.

No new journal evidence on clinical AI met the threshold for inclusion since Thursday. The evidence section returns Monday.

In this episode

• FDA final order keeps all four categories of radiology AI under 510(k) review, denying Harrison.ai's bid for a track-record exemption
• Johns Hopkins, Teladoc, Talkiatry and ATA Action form coalition seeking a federal pathway around state medical licensure
• Harris Poll of 1,514 direct-care workers finds 59% likely to seek a new job, 48% comfortable with AI and 39% seeing no effect from it
• Yale New Haven ties AI pilots to advance funding commitments; Rush CIO says no common way exists to model agent costs across platforms

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