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Covera Health Expands Radiology Centers of Excellence to Include Prostate MRI, Enhancing Nation’s Leading Imaging Quality Program

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Significant expansion of Covera’s proven COE platform launching in 2026; provider applications now open, with employer and health plan partners preparing for deployment

NEW YORK, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Covera Health, a market leader in radiology quality, today announced a major enhancement to its national Radiology Centers of Excellence (COE) platform with the addition of Prostate Imaging. Launching in Q1 2026, this expansion targeting a high-risk and fast-growing area of diagnostic care, marks a significant evolution in Covera’s COE platform. With Prostate Imaging leading the way, Covera is poised to introduce other disease-specific COE offerings throughout 2026 to include breast, abdominal and chest imaging. To prepare for 2026, Covera is currently onboarding COE network practices, reviewing new COE provider applications and working with payors and employers to ensure members are aware of this radiology quality network.

“Given the significant variability in imaging quality across the country, initiatives like this are critical to ensuring that every patient receives the highest standard of care.”

Since 2019, Covera’s COE platform has supported millions of covered lives across the United States. First launched in partnership with Walmart, the program is now trusted by large employers and plans across the country – including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), to ensure health plan and employer members are guided to high quality imaging centers for routine imaging such as MRI, CT, PET and matched with sub-specialized radiologists to interpret their exams.

Covera’s COE platform expansion comes at a critical time as an array of healthcare stakeholders are seeking quality gains in radiology image quality and interpretation, all of which can have significant impact on a patient’s care journey and outcomes. A landmark study published in The Spine Journal found a 43% miss rate in routine low back MRIs performed on the same patient at 10 different centers within three weeks – highlighting how interpretive accuracy varies widely across settings, even for an exam as common as low back MRI.

In a 2024 analysis reviewed by Milliman, a global consulting and actuarial firm, patients who received imaging at Covera-designated imaging centers through the COE program saw up to 12% lower downstream healthcare costs. These savings are driven by improved diagnostic accuracy –reducing misdiagnosis and unnecessary interventions, as well as unit cost savings through Covera’s high value network.

“As we demonstrated – and continue to see – with low back MRI, variation in both image quality and interpretation is a systemic issue,” said Ron Vianu, CEO of Covera Health. “Prostate MRI is now a critical decision point in cancer care, yet how and where it’s performed continues to vary widely. It’s not just about the cost of one exam – it’s about how that exam sets off a chain of clinical decisions. Our Prostate COE program is built to address this head-on – ensuring every patient receives high-quality imaging and expert interpretation at the start of their care journey.”

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. With an estimated 314,000 new cases expected in the U.S. in 2025, it can also be a deadly diagnosis. Recent guidelines now recommend an MRI study be ordered prior to biopsy in many diagnostic workflows. While this shift has clinical benefits, it has also caused a rapid increase in the number of prostate MRIs being performed and resultant surge in prostate biopsies related to equivocal and / or poor-quality MRI results.

While standards for prostate MRI acquisition and interpretation do exist – most notably from the American College of Radiology – the exam remains technically challenging, and adherence to those standards varies significantly across imaging centers. This inconsistency contributes to many unnecessary biopsies – procedures that carry significant clinical risk and cost.

“Prostate MRI is a complicated imaging exam to perform and interpret, and misdirected care is common,” said Dr. Matthew Davenport, William Martel Collegiate Professor of Radiology and Co-Director of the Ronald Weiser Center for Prostate Cancer at the University of Michigan. “Improving imaging quality leads to better diagnostic confidence, reduces unnecessary procedures, and ultimately improves patient outcomes. Given the significant variability in imaging quality across the country, initiatives like this are critical to ensuring that every patient receives the highest standard of care.”

Covera’s Prostate Imaging COE will be automatically activated in early 2026 for employer and health plan partners already using Covera’s Radiology Centers of Excellence platform. When a prostate MRI is ordered, patients will be seamlessly directed to a facility that meets rigorous quality standards for both image acquisition and interpretation. Because the enhancement is delivered through Covera’s existing infrastructure, no additional contracting or integration is required. This allows employers to immediately extend high-quality imaging protections to a critical clinical area – without disruption or added burden.

Covera is announcing the expansion now to begin onboarding qualified imaging providers and to analyze the patient and practice impact before full scale roll out in 2026. As with other enhancements, the program will plug directly into care navigation and prior authorization workflows – requiring no change to existing patient or provider processes. Covera Health is now accepting applications from imaging providers interested in becoming designated Prostate Imaging Centers of Excellence. For program criteria and participation details, providers may contact prostateCOE@coverahealth.com.

About Covera Health
Covera Health is a healthcare analytics company dedicated to improving diagnostic accuracy in radiology. Through its AI-enabled Centers of Excellence, Protect Her, and Protect Seniors programs, Covera partners with employers, health plans, and providers to drive better outcomes, reduce misdiagnoses, and lower total healthcare costs. The company’s Radiology COE platform launched in 2019 and today supports millions of covered lives nationwide.

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Howard Hughes Holdings Set to Join S&P SmallCap 600

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) will replace Arcosa Inc. (NYSE: ACA) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, October 28. S&P 500 constituent CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) has acquired Arcosa in a deal that closed today, October 23.

Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:

Effective Date

Index Name  

Action

Company Name

Ticker

GICS Sector

October 28, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Addition

Howard Hughes Holdings

HHH

Real Estate

October 28, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Deletion

Arcosa

ACA

Industrials

ABOUT S&P DOW JONES INDICES

S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/. 

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Chelsea FC announces multi-year sleeve partnership with Sokin, the business payments and FX platform

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Chelsea FC name fast-growing fintech platform as Principal Partner

LONDON, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chelsea Football Club has today announced a multi-year partnership with Sokin, the embedded finance and payments company used by businesses worldwide. Sokin will be named a Principal Partner and Official Business Payments and FX Partner of Chelsea FC and Chelsea FC Women.

As a Principal Partner, Sokin will be represented on the sleeves of the Chelsea FC men’s, women’s and academy home, away, and third kits from the 2026/27 season.

The partnership brings together two ambitious London-headquartered organisations with worldwide reach – a club with millions of fans across the world and a fintech platform through which businesses move more than $11 billion a year. A club of Chelsea’s scale works in many currencies every day, with partners, competitions and supporters around the world, and needs a financial partner built to handle that.

Sokin gives finance teams business payments, multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, checkout and treasury in one place, so they spend less time juggling banks and providers and keep more of what they move.

As Official Business Payments and FX Partner, Sokin will simplify how Chelsea FC sends, receives and manages money in the currencies the club operates in.

The Sokin logo will feature on the sleeve of the Chelsea shirt for the first time [when the men’s team host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 24th October.]

Jason Gannon, President at Chelsea FC said:

“At Chelsea, we seek to partner with organisations that share our ambition and innovative mindset. Sokin’s expertise in business payments, and their focus on making both simpler for the businesses they serve, makes them a natural fit for the Club. We are pleased to welcome Sokin to the Chelsea family and look forward to working together in the years ahead.”

Vroon Modgill, CEO and founder at Sokin said:

“Chelsea plays on the biggest stage in world football, and its business runs in dozens of currencies. Sokin was built for that with regulated, multi-currency payments and foreign exchange for organisations that operate internationally. We’re proud to be the platform behind the business payments and FX of one of the most iconic teams in football. Sokin’s platform serves businesses in more than 170 countries. We’re thrilled to be partners for the season ahead. An organisation as sophisticated as Chelsea doesn’t leave its finances to chance.”

About Sokin

Sokin is the financial layer global business runs on. Businesses can transact, convert and hold money in 70+ currencies across 170+ countries. Some businesses use Sokin to manage global finance in-house. Others build it into their products to power financial experiences for their customers. Businesses move more than $9 billion a year on licenses Sokin holds in 36+ countries and infrastructure Sokin owns. Founded in 2019, Sokin has raised over $100 million from investors including Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Prysm Capital.

About Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea Football Club is one of the biggest, most successful football clubs globally and our men’s team are reigning world champions, having won the four-yearly FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. Our women’s team, Chelsea Women, are also multiple trophy winners.

Founded in 1905, Chelsea is London’s most central football club, based at the iconic 40,000-capacity Stamford Bridge stadium. Nicknamed the Blues, the club lifted the Champions League for the first time in 2012 and domestically has won the Premier League five times, the FA Cup eight times, the Football League Cup five times and the Football League Championship once, in 1955.

The Chelsea Women’s team have enjoyed a huge amount of success and in 2025 won the FA Women’s Super League for a sixth consecutive year and the eighth time overall. The Women’s FA Cup has been won on six occasions. We have also captured the FA Women’s League Cup four times as well as reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in 2021. In two seasons, 2020/21 and 2024/25, a domestic treble of trophies was secured.

The Chelsea Foundation boasts one of the most extensive community initiatives in sport, helping to improve the lives of children and young people all over the world.

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Amy Johnson Appointed President of GDIT

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RESTON, Va., Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) announced today that Amy Johnson has been appointed as president of GDIT, effective November 3.

Johnson is a 27-year veteran of General Dynamics Mission Systems, where she held increasingly senior roles in engineering, engineering management and business leadership across cybersecurity, defense electronics, space and intelligence systems, most recently as vice president and general manager for Space, Cyber and Intelligence. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science and computer systems engineering. 

“Amy has a proven track record of leading teams to solve complex and highly technical challenges for our customers,” said Phebe Novakovic, CEO of General Dynamics. “I am confident that her dynamic leadership, operational rigor and deep commitment to our values and culture will deliver value to our customers, employees and shareholders.”

GDIT delivers digital modernization, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and software development solutions to the U.S. federal government, defense, intelligence agencies and other customers. It is a business unit of General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 120,000 people worldwide and generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025. More information is available at gd.com.

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