Cardiology

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Amy Klobuchar have introduced a bill to expand and expedite access to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services. 

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. 

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. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is taking a measured approach to the outpatient migration of cardiology procedures, executives said during a Feb. 12 earnings call.

AdventHealth Lake Wales (Fla.) has expanded its staff by adding Saiyed Mohib, MD.

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. 

Here are three new cardiology practices and centers that have recently opened and started construction, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 24:

Missouri cardiologist Lenard Politte, MD, died on Feb. 20 at 90, according to a Feb. 23 report from the Columbia Missourian.

The most lucrative cardiology procedures within the Medicare population for hospitals are coronary artery bypass grafts, according to research from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics that was published Dec. 3 in the American Heart Journal.