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CMS has cleared the federal path for cardiology’s move into ASCs, adding cardiac catheter ablation and hundreds of other cardiovascular codes to the ASC covered procedures list, starting in 2026. But whether a center can actually perform those procedures still…

From new programs to enrollment expansions, hospitals and universities are racing to build a CRNA pipeline that the healthcare system increasingly depends on.   1. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare partnered to expand the school’s Doctor…

Andrew Wickline, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Genesee Orthopedics in New Hartford, N.Y., and Apex Surgical Center in Westmoreland, N.Y., is leading a national push to remove opioids from recovery after hip and knee replacements, The Rome Sentinel reported Sept.…

Two cardiologists in Wichita Falls, Texas, are closing their practices, according to a Sept. 8 report from Wichita Falls Times Record News. Shona Sudarshan, MD, and Sriram Sudarshan, MD, are retiring from practice at North Texas Cardiology Center. Their practices…

Northwestern Medicine has developed an AI tool that automatically measures colonoscopy quality by analyzing procedure footage, according to a study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology and announced in a Sept. 8 news release.  The tool identifies key moments…

A federal judge ordered the redaction of two physicians’ names from all unsealed filings in a dismissed qui tam case under the False Claims Act, a departure from how courts have typically ruled on such requests, according to a Sept.…

CMS’ finalized calendar year 2026 payment rule removed 285 mostly musculoskeletal procedures from Medicare’s inpatient-only list, part of a three-year phaseout the agency plans to complete by 2029.  Outpatient procedures reimburse Medicare an average of $16,334 less than the same…