Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health opened a cardiology and oncology center in Castro Valley, Calif., expanding access to specialty care in the region. The Castro Valley Cardiovascular and Oncology Care Center houses both services in one location to support more coordinated…
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Partnerships with management services organizations have become an increasingly common business strategy for physician practices struggling against a rising tide of corporate consolidation efforts and soaring operational costs. According to the American Medical Association’s “Physician Practice Benchmark Report,” published in…
Legislators in Iowa have passed a bill to ban University of Iowa Health Care from utilizing noncompete clauses in employment contracts, The Gazette reported April 7. The bill passed out of the state Senate by a vote of 43-2. It…
Physicians at Advanced Surgery Center of Beverly Hills (Calif.) have performed the first post-FDA-approval case using the Synergy Disc. Todd Lanman, MD, and Joel Beckett, MD, completed a three-level cervical disc replacement procedure five weeks after the device received premarket…
As independent practices buckle under rising costs, administrative burdens and stagnant reimbursement, a new and unlikely cast of acquirers has entered the game, moving beyond the traditional hospital and health system playbook to stake claims across primary care and specialty…
An Arizona jury has returned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking $26.6 million in damages over the 2019 death of a patient at a Banner Health facility, Courtroom View Network reported April 7. The family of Johnny…
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has launched the Adams Valve Institute to expand care for patients with heart valve disease. The institute’s centers of excellence will provide treatment for aortic valve disease and the Ross procedure, Marfan syndrome…
Alabaster, Ala.-based Heart South Cardiovascular Group has provided notice of a data security incident. In November 2025, Heart South was informed that an unauthorized party claimed to have accessed and possessed Heart South data. A forensic investigation did not find…
A Buffalo, N.Y.-area radiologist who sued his former practice and its acquirer in 2025 is now facing a countersuit from eight former colleagues seeking at least $250,000 in damages, Buffalo Business First reported April 7. Gregory Ball, MD, filed a…
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia found that opioid-free anesthesia is “non-inferior” to opioid-based anesthesia when it comes to acute postoperative pain for low-risk adult patients. The single-center study evaluated 154 adults in categories I and…