The University of Vermont Health Network-Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital is opening a monthly cardiology clinic in Ticonderoga, N.Y., the Press-Republican reports.

A federal lawsuit unsealed in June alleges that UPMC illegally billed CMS for cases in which surgeons neglected to obtain proper patient consent, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

CMS has taken a series of steps to account for the COVID-19 pandemic in Merit-based Incentive Payment System reporting, Cardiovascular Business reports.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is delaying its Minnesota expansion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bemidji Pioneer reports.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a surge of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that burdened first responders, a study published in JAMA Cardiology reports.

The American College of Cardiology partnered with Heartbeat Health to create a virtual care platform for cardiologists to use for patients to make informed clinical care decisions.

Two Cleveland Clinic cardiologists will begin seeing patients at the Cleveland Clinic Wooster (Ohio) Milltown Specialty and Surgery Center June 22, The Daily Record reports.

Emergency transfers to the Cleveland Clinic for patients having critical cardiovascular events have dropped 39 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.

The Society for Vascular Surgery released a guideline around the appropriate care and treatment of visceral aneurysms. 

PAVmed added Exact Sciences founder and former chair Stanley Lapidus as a strategic adviser for its Lucid Diagnostics subsidiary.

U.S. News & World Report released its Best Children's Hospitals rankings, including a total of 88 hospitals from across the U.S.

Geneva (N.Y.) General Cardiology Associates relocated into a surgical suite shared by Geneva General Surgical Associates in the same medical office building, the Finger Lakes Times reports.

Cardiovascular procedures are increasingly moving from hospitals to outpatient settings, and are being performed in ambulatory surgery centers. That change can save the patient, provider and payer money by allowing the patient to avoid an overnight hospital stay.

Fair Health examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected healthcare utilization and revenue across the industry in general and seven specialties.

University of Alabama at Birmingham cardiology professor Vera Bittner, MD, was named the editor-in-chief of the American College of Cardiology's self-assessment program.

A new clinic in Mattoon, Ill., is home to providers from Prairie Cardiovascular, Effingham Daily News reports.

The heartbeat of the cardiovascular physician practice market is increasing as more procedure volume shifts to independent practices with ASCs, and as patient volumes and revenues grow, so does investor interest.

The Association of Black Cardiologists, American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology wrote a letter to denounce racism in the U.S.

Newsweek released its "The World's Best Hospitals 2020" list, which offers insights into the best hospitals for several medical specialties.

Fifty percent of heart attack patients stopped going to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic due to fears of contracting the virus, a worldwide survey by the European Society of Cardiology showed.