Field Medical, a medtech company improving care for complex cardiac arrhythmias, has appointed Mark Turco, MD, as CEO. Dr. Turco is an interventional cardiologist with more than three decades of leadership experience, including roles at venture-backed cardiovascular startups and medical…
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Phoenix-based Tri-City Cardiology and three physicians have agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations, the Justice Department said in a March 12 news release. The settlement resolves…
Over the last 20 years, the presence of independent practices in medicine has declined drastically as reimbursement rates fail to keep up with the rising cost of infrastructure and operations—and cardiology is no exception. In an analysis published March 11…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health performed its first heart transplant for a patient who previously received a total artificial heart. The 37-year-old patient was admitted in August with end-stage heart failure and received the mechanical heart weeks later during a six-hour…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has opened a heart and vascular clinic in Bluffton, S.C. Novant Health Heart & Vascular is led by Christopher Wixon, MD, a vascular surgery specialist, according to a March 10 news release from the health system. …
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Houston-based Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center has begun clinical use of GE HealthCare’s Allia Moveo imaging platform, becoming the first hospital in the U.S. to install the system. The technology is used in hybrid operating rooms and supports complex minimally…
Los Angeles -based Cedars Sinai has appointed Susan Cheng, MD, as chair of the department of cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute. According to a March 6 news release, Dr. Cheng succeeds Christine Albert, MD, MPH. She joined Cedars-Sinai seven…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst has appointed Jonathan Marmur, MD, as chair of cardiology. Dr. Marmur is a nationally recognized interventional cardiologist with more than 20 years of clinical, academic and leadership experience. He most recently served in…
By 2036, the U.S. is projected to have 39,600 cardiology physicians available to meet a demand of 46,600, leaving a shortfall of about 7,000 physicians nationwide, according to projections from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and…
Tupelo-based North Mississippi Medical Center has become the first hospital in Mississippi to treat tricuspid regurgitation using Abbott’s TriClip G5 system, a minimally invasive device designed for patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery. The procedure was performed Feb.…