Multimodal AI clears a regulatory hurdle. Payers haven't caught up.
Priya Sharma · 6 min
Priya Sharma is a senior reporter at Rounds covering the FDA, CMS, and the medical algorithms moving through both. Her beat sits at the intersection of regulatory enforcement, payor coverage, and the AI/ML clearance pipeline.
Before Rounds she spent four years at Fieldnote Health covering FDA policy and three years at Ledgerline News as a health-policy reporter. Her investigation into the 510(k) pathway for AI imaging tools won a 2023 a fictional business journalism association award.
She trained as a lawyer before journalism and clerked at the a fictional appellate court.



