Medtech company Medtronic has completed its $585 million acquisition of CathWorks, an interventional cardiology medical device company. The deal follows a 2022 strategic partnership between the companies, which included a co-promotion agreement for CathWorks’ FFRangio system in the U.S., Europe…
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Harvey Snyder, MD, a pioneering cardiologist, has died at age 75, according to an obituary published in The Philadelphia Inquirer April 21. Dr. Snyder died on April 8, according to the obituary. He served most recently as a longtime trustee…
Two St. Louis-area physicians and a chiropractor have been sentenced for their roles in a $4.7 million healthcare fraud and opioid prescription scheme involving Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare, the Justice Department said in an April 15 news release. Jerry Leech,…
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Atlas Healthcare Partners have formed a joint venture to develop and operate a network of ASCs across Minnesota and surrounding regions, according to an April 21 news release. The partnership combines Fairview’s clinical infrastructure as…
Regent Surgical has launched interventional radiology as a new specialty for its network with a surgical first. Georgetown (Texas) Surgery Center recently performed the first artery embolization procedures across the entire Regent platform, according to an April 21 LinkedIn post…
Whether a surgeon’s sex aligns with that of their patient was ruled out as a driver of gender disparities in cardiac surgery outcomes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association April 9. The…
Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s healthcare services arm that includes ASC chain SCA Health, reported $63.7 billion in total revenue for the first quarter of 2026, roughly flat compared to $63.9 billion during the same period last year, according to the company’s…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s United Surgical Partners International ended 2025 with ownership interests in 533 ambulatory surgery centers and 26 surgical hospitals as the health system’s decade-long pivot away from acute care toward ambulatory and specialty services continued to generate strong…
As consolidation continues across gastroenterology, a number of physician leaders are demonstrating that independent practice models can still succeed. Through scale, clinical innovation and strategic leadership, these physicians are sustaining and growing physician-owned GI groups in an increasingly competitive landscape.…
Maple Grove. Minn.-based Francis Medical has announced that Aaron Milbank, MD, performed the first commercial procedure in the Midwest using its Vanquish Water Vapor Ablation System at High Pointe Surgery Center in Lake Elmo, Minn. According to an April 21…