Cleveland-based University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s has appointed Robert Gajarski, MD, as chief of its division of pediatric cardiology, effective July 1, 2026. Dr. Gajarski has worked closely with UH Rainbow in recent years through the Congenital Heart Collaborative…
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Exeter (N.H.) Hospital has raised more than $1.275 million this year to support the expansion of cardiac services, including a new cardiac catheterization lab and advanced imaging equipment. The fundraising milestone was announced during the hospital’s Celebration of Excellence Gala,…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health plans to submit a certificate-of-need application by June 15 for a proposed 120-bed heart and vascular tower in Wilmington, N.C., setting up a competitive review process with Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health for newly approved hospital…
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has received certificate-of-need approval to acquire Wallingford, Conn.-based Consulting Cardiologists P.C. The system expects that the transaction will be completed this summer, it confirmed in an email to Becker’s June 9. Hartford HealthCare Medical Group filed a…
Iterative Health, a Massachusetts-based company with an international presence, has acquired the clinical research operations of Waco (Texas) Cardiology Associates along with cardiology research sites in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas — all three previously operated by NextStage Clinical Research,…
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Five vascular and interventional medical societies issued a joint statement challenging a federal watchdog report that flagged $105 million in potentially unnecessary peripheral artery disease procedures billed to Medicare. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the Association of Black…
While federal investigators are raising red flags about peripheral vascular procedures performed in office-based labs, the same data tells a different story for ASCs. In May, the HHS Office of Inspector General released an investigation finding that physicians may be…
The Medical University of South Carolina has opened the first ASC for heart care in the state. The surgery center is located at the MUSC Health West Ashley Medical Pavilion in Charleston, S.C., according to a June 3 news release…
The Trump administration suspects that physicians may be regularly performing medically unnecessary peripheral vascular procedures in office-based labs, according to a recent investigation released by the Office of Inspector General and HHS in May. In 2008 CMS put policies in…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has relocated and rebranded its Trion, Ga., cardiology practice as AdventHealth Medical Group Cardiology at Summerville (Ga.). The practice began seeing patients May 18 at its new location inside AdventHealth Medical Group Primary Care & Urgent…