Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and New Castle, Del.-based Wilmington University have launched the state’s first certified registered nurse anesthetist program. The full-time, 36-month program, which was announced in October 2024, enrolled its first cohort in January. It prepares registered nurses to…
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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…
Healthcare organizations face growing pressure to improve surgical outcomes while strengthening financial performance. At the same time, surgical patients are older and often present with more complex health needs that require careful preparation before procedures. Yet many organizations still rely…
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Kartik Bhatia of Geneva, Ill., was sentenced to two years in prison for a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $2 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment, according to a March 6 news release from…
Downeast OB-GYN in Bangor, Maine, which opened in 1994, will close July 2, the practice announced in a March 6 Facebook post . In the post, owner Christopher Ramset, MD, said the primary reason for the closure was an inability…
A Kansas anesthesiologist was sentenced to three years in prison for a telemarketing scheme that billed Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces, according to a March 6 news release from the Justice Department. The move comes after CMS implemented a…
Imagine scaling EHR workflow training across 35 health centers with just four trainers — without relying on classroom instruction. That was the reality for Access Community Health Network (ACCESS), Illinois’ largest federally qualified health center. Rather than expand headcount, ACCESS…
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For years, I thought the biggest constraint in our orthopedic practice was capacity. I was wrong. Imagine it’s Sunday afternoon, and you’re sitting in the ER with your mother, who fell walking down the stairs. The physician tells you she…
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…
There has been a flurry of leadership appointments across medical specialties this year at both academic and non-academic health systems, hospitals and outpatient groups. Here are the most recent leadership appointments across five medical specialties, as reported by Becker’s: Cardiology…