Irving, Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia will provide anesthesia services at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale and La Grange (Ill.) hospitals, effective Feb. 4. The partnership expands NorthStar’s existing relationship with Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, which includes the Bolingbrook (Ill.) campus, and adds…
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UT Health San Antonio has begun offering endoscopic submucosal dissection, a minimally invasive technique for removing early-stage colorectal lesions without surgery. The procedure is performed using a flexible endoscope to dissect large benign polyps or early-stage cancers from the colon…
A behind-the-scenes look at how patient-specific 3D printed models are transforming surgical planning. What happens when surgeons, imaging specialists, and hospital leadership bring 3D printing inside the hospital walls? Join Dr. Kanwal Farooqi, pediatric cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Center,…
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics Director of Cardiac 3D Printing Columbia University Medical Center
The federal government shutdown surpassed the one-month mark Nov. 1, putting it on course to become the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The current record is held by the 2019 shutdown, which lasted 35 days. Here are four updates on…
On Oct. 31, CMS issued its final policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule, alongside other shifts in Medicare policy. The update comes after suspicion from ASC leaders that the update may be delayed amid the ongoing…
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Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions now cost the U.S. more than $420 billion, yet many payer-led interventions fail to engage patients early enough to prevent low-value procedures and rising costs. This new report from TailorCare shows what happens when patients are guided…
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In May, President Donald Trump nominated Casey Means, MD, for the position of surgeon general, replacing his former nominee, Janette Nesheiwat, MD. Dr. Means’ confirmation hearing, originally scheduled for Oct. 30, has been postponed, as Dr. Means went into labor,…