Author: Claire Wallace

Santa Clara, Calif.-based cardiology medtech company EBR Systems plans to relocate from its current headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., and move to an expanded space, according to a Feb. 26 report from East Bay Times. 

Tenants of a three-story medical office building in Dorchester, Mass., have been ordered to vacate by May, according to a Feb. 25 report from the Dorchester Reporter.

In January, Illinois state Rep. Bill Hauter, MD, a Republican, sponsored a bill making it illegal for insurance companies to place a time limit on anesthesia payment coverage.

San Antonio-based Christus Children's Hospital has earned a $2.74 million grant for a pediatric cardiac surgery center, according to a Feb. 25 report from News4 San Antonio.

Midlothian-based Cardiology of Virginia has filed a data breach notice with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. 

Gregory George, MD, PhD, founder and former manager of SurgCenter Development, the largest privately owned ASC company in the U.S., has joined Mesoblast Limited's board.

Prabhleen Chahal, MD, has become the first practitioner in Texas to be named a master endoscopist by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 

While President Donald Trump  postponed proposed 25% tariffs against both China and Mexico, they are officially set to begin next week, according to a Feb. 25 report from CNBC.

Florida legislatures are set to begin their 60-day session on March 4, in which they will consider several pieces of "scope of practice" related legislation. 

Oklahoma City-based University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, as chair of the department of internal medicine and clinical service chief at OU Health.